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| Issuer | Cameroon (1960-date) |
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| Year | 2019 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Edge | Smooth |
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| Mintage | 2019 - Antique finish - 500 |
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Cameroon's economic sovereignty over its coinage is largely nominal — the country uses the CFA franc, and its collectible issues are produced under license by private minting houses, typically European, with no domestic striking capacity involved. This piece is one of a long-running series of erotic-themed silver coins marketed almost exclusively to Western collectors, a product category that multiplied sharply across African nominal issuers after 2010 as mint operators sought new revenue streams from legal-tender novelties.
The 3000-franc face value has no practical relationship to circulation; at issue, spot silver alone exceeded it by a factor of roughly forty.