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2000 Francs Notre-Dame
| Issuer | Bank of Central African States (BEAC) |
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| Year | 2019 |
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| Shape | Round |
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| Reverse description | The reverse features a high-relief depiction of three robed ecclesiastical figures rendered in antique silver, occupying the right half of the field and referencing the sculptural portal decorations of Notre-Dame de Paris. The left half displays a vividly colored rose window rendered in warm amber and orange hues through digital color printing, faithfully reproducing the Gothic tracery and foiled quatrefoil motifs. Architectural elements including flying buttresses and Gothic pinnacles are visible in the upper background. The legend Notre-Dame de Paris is inscribed in Gothic blackletter script along the right arc of the field. The overall composition blends polychrome enamel coloring with antique-finished high relief to create a striking artistic tribute to the cathedral. |
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| Reverse lettering | Notre-Dame de Paris |
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The Bank of Central African States serves six member nations simultaneously — Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Gabon, Equatorial Guinea, and the Republic of the Congo — which creates the unusual administrative situation where a single commemorative issue carries legal tender status across half a dozen sovereign states at once. This coin was struck the same year Notre-Dame de Paris burned, on April 15, 2019, making the timing either prescient or unfortunate depending on when in the calendar year the issue was authorized.
The digital color printing process applied to the .999 fine planchet is a relatively recent development in the commemorative market, pioneered largely by the Monnaie de Paris and adopted widely by African issuing authorities working through European minting contractors in the 2010s.