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3000 Francs Saturn
| Issuer | Republic of Cameroon |
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| Year | 2021 |
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| Weight | 93.3 g |
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| Obverse lettering | ELIZABETH II 3000 FRANCS CFA 2021 REPUBLIC OF CAMEROON Ag 999 PAIX TRAVAIL PATRIE PEACE WORK FATHERLAND REPUBLIQUE DU CAMEROUN |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Cameroon's modern commemorative program has become one of the more prolific — critics would say indiscriminate — in contemporary numismatics, with issues produced almost entirely for the collector export market rather than any domestic monetary function. The 3000 Francs denomination exists solely within this framework, bearing no relationship to Cameroonian economic life.
Saturn's well-documented axial tilt of roughly 27 degrees means its rings appear at dramatically different angles over a 29-year orbital cycle — a detail that creates genuine design decisions for any mint attempting astronomical accuracy at a fixed moment in time.