3000 Francs CFA The Storm on Galilee by Rembrandt

At 0.031 g, this is among the smallest gold coins in current production — a format pioneered largely by the Cook Islands and subsequently adopted by several African monetary authorities seeking low entry-point bullion issues. The BEAC, which coordinates currency policy across six central African member states including Cameroon and Gabon, has increasingly licensed European fine art imagery for collector issues, a revenue strategy that has little to do with the member economies and everything to do with the global novelty coin market.