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2000 Francs Nike
| Issuer | Bank of Central African States (BEAC) |
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| Year | 2024 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Obverse description | The obverse presents a finely detailed central composition featuring a classical Greek temple — evoking the Parthenon — set upon a rocky promontory and surrounded by dramatic billowing clouds with radiating sunbeams emanating from behind the structure. Flanking the central scene is a large, symmetrically rendered laurel wreath, its branches meeting at the base where the silver fineness mark 'Ag 999' appears. Two Greek columns are depicted at the left and right inner borders. The circular legend 'REPUBLIQUE DU CAMEROUN' runs along the upper rim, while '2000 FRANCS CFA 2OZ' is inscribed along the lower arc, with the date '2024' positioned at the top centre of the field. The entire design is bordered by a continuous Greek meander (key) pattern, reinforcing the Hellenic aesthetic of the issue. |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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The BEAC issues coinage on behalf of six member states — Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, and Gabon — under a monetary union whose franc zone arrangements trace back to a 1972 treaty restructuring the earlier colonial-era currency bloc. The Nike theme here has no particular connection to Central African monetary history; it belongs to a broader collector series marketed internationally through European distributors, a common revenue strategy among low-circulation BEAC commemoratives.
The 62.2g weight places this squarely in the two-troy-ounce format favored by the current high-relief collector market.