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| Issuer | Cameroon (1960-date) |
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| Year | 2016 |
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| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
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| Edge | Plain |
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| Mintage | 2016 - Proof - 1,000 |
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Cameroon's commemorative coinage of this period was issued under licensing arrangements common to several Central African franc-zone states, where the actual minting and distribution were handled by foreign private mints — most often European — with the issuing country's nominal authority attached after the fact. These pieces entered the collector market directly, rarely if ever circulating in Cameroon itself.
The composition listed — silver plated silver — reflects a production method where a fine silver core receives an additional fine silver surface treatment, sometimes to improve die detail pickup or surface finish consistency.