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25 000 Francs CFA Acala
| Issuer | Bank of Central African States |
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| Year | 2024 |
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| Value | 25 000 Francs CFA |
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| Reverse description | Imposing full-figure portrait of Acala (Fudo Myo-o), the immovable Buddhist wisdom king, depicted seated in a cross-legged meditative posture upon a rocky throne rendered in intricate relief. The deity is shown with a fierce, wrathful expression, adorned with a beaded necklace and draped robes, holding ritual implements in each hand including a rope and a hooked staff. A dragon coils around a sword rising over the left shoulder, while billowing flames and flowing hair surround the figure against a textured rocky background, all executed in exceptional ultra-high relief within the octagonal field. |
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| Mintage | 2024 - Antiqued - 199 |
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The Acala series is one of several oversized collector issues produced under BEAC authority, a central bank serving six member states of the Central African Economic and Monetary Community — Cameroon, CAR, Chad, Congo, Gabon, and Equatorial Guinea. Pieces like this one are not monetary instruments in any practical sense; they exist purely for the numismatic export market, where the nominal face value bears no relationship to the actual metal content or production cost.
The copper core vastly outweighs the silver plating by ratio — worth noting when evaluating long-term surface stability, as delamination along the plating edge is a documented concern with issues of this construction type.