Catalog
See full images - free registration
Continue with Google - no registration!
or register with email
Why register? Just to keep bots out of our catalog. Your email stays private - we will never share it or send you anything uninvited. We guarantee you that!
3000 Francs Archangel Michael
| Issuer | Bank of Central African States (BEAC) |
|---|---|
| Year | 2022 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
| Value | Log in to see details |
| Currency | Log in to see details |
| Composition | Log in to see details |
| Weight | Log in to see details |
| Diameter | Log in to see details |
| Thickness | Log in to see details |
| Shape | Log in to see details |
| Technique | Log in to see details |
| Orientation | Log in to see details |
| Engraver(s) | Log in to see details |
| In circulation to | Log in to see details |
| Reference(s) | Log in to see details |
| Obverse description | Log in to see details |
|---|---|
| Obverse script | Log in to see details |
| Obverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Reverse description | Log in to see details |
| Reverse script | Latin |
| Reverse lettering | THE WHORE OF BABYLON |
| Edge | Log in to see details |
| Mint | Log in to see details |
| Mintage | Log in to see details |
| Additional information |
The Bank of Central African States issues currency on behalf of six member nations — Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, and Gabon — all sharing the CFA franc under a monetary union whose fixed peg to the euro traces back to the original franc zone arrangements with France. This coin is a collector issue rather than circulating currency; BEAC has increasingly issued high-specification commemoratives since the 2010s, often through third-party minting arrangements with European facilities, as none of the member states operate a mint capable of producing work at this specification.
The selective gilding technique applied here involves masking portions of the planchet before gold plating, a finishing process associated most closely with the Polish Mint and B.H. Mayer's Kunstprägeanstalt in Munich, though attribution of the actual striking facility for this specific KM# remains unconfirmed in major references.