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3000 Francs Shanghai, gold
| Issuer | Cameroon (1960-date) |
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| Year | 2020 |
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| Composition | Gold plated silver (.999) |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | The detailed skyline of Shanghai is rendered in high relief across the lower portion of the rectangular flan, depicted in white against a gold-plated field. A radiating geometric lattice pattern fans outward from the horizon line, filling the upper field with converging diagonal lines evoking perspective and dynamism. At the upper left, the legend NOBLE BAR is inscribed, with BAR set within a rectangular frame. A circular AU mintmark device appears at the lower centre of the field. |
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Cameroon's numismatic program has been operated for decades almost entirely by the Monnaie de Paris and various European private mints producing collector issues with no meaningful domestic circulation. This piece is part of that ecosystem — a high-face-value franc-denominated coin struck for the international collector market, bearing a Shanghai theme that has no political or monetary relationship to Cameroon itself.
The face value of 3000 CFA francs is nominal fiction; the coin's production cost alone far exceeds it.