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500 Francs
| Issuer | Banque Centrale - République Fédérale du Cameroun |
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| Year | 1962 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Reverse lettering | RÉPUBLIQUE FÉDÉRALE DU CAMEROUN FIVE HUNDRED FRANCS LE CONTREFACTEUR SERA PUNI CONFORMEMENT AUX LOIS THE COUNTERFEITER WILL BE PUNISHED ACCORDING TO THE LAW (Translation: Federal Republic of Cameroon / Five Hundred Francs / The counterfeiter will be punished in accordance with the laws) |
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| Protection description | a lion's head embedded in the paper |
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The Banque Centrale de la République Fédérale du Cameroun was a short-lived institution, created in 1961 when the former French and British trust territories merged and surviving only until 1972 when the federation became a unitary state and the BEAC took over. This 500 Francs sits squarely in that transitional window, issued just a year after federation and printed by the Banque de France — the standard arrangement for Francophone African states newly navigating monetary independence while still deeply tied to French printing infrastructure.
The "fédérale" in the issuer name is the detail worth noting: it reflects a political compromise that lasted barely a decade.