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500 Francs Adam and Eve
| Issuer | Bank of Central African States (BEAC) |
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| Year | 2021 |
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| Composition | Silver (.999) (with amber insert) |
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| Obverse description | The national coat of arms of Cameroon occupies the central field, featuring a shield bearing scales of justice surmounted by a star, flanked by two crossed fasces, with a scroll below inscribed with the bilingual country name. The motto inscriptions PAIX / PEACE and TRAVAIL / WORK and PATRIE / FATHERLAND appear in the upper field flanking the arms. The date 2021 is struck prominently above the arms. The circular legend REPUBLIQUE DU CAMEROUN arcs along the left and upper rim, while the denomination 500 FRANCS CFA is boldly rendered in the lower field. The fineness mark Ag 999 appears at lower left near the shield. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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The Bank of Central African States issues collector coinage on behalf of six member nations — Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, and Gabon — under a monetary union whose common currency, the CFA franc, has been pegged to the euro since 1999 and to the French franc before that. The "Adam and Eve" series belongs to a wave of thematic numismatic issues BEAC began producing for the international collector market, largely unrelated to domestic monetary circulation.
The amber insert is a resin casting, not geological amber.