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500 Francs Bakassi
| Issuer | Cameroon › Cameroon (1960-date) |
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| Year | 2019 |
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| Composition | Silver plated copper-nickel |
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| Obverse description | Central field bears the national emblem of Cameroon featuring a lion passant. The legend «DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF BAKASSI» is arranged across the field in multiple lines. The date «2019» appears centrally, with the engraver's initials «ВБ» (Vitaly Bakhtinov) inscribed below. The design is executed in a flat relief style with a mirror-polished proof-like field within the hexagonal flan. |
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| Reverse lettering | 500 fr. |
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The Bakassi Peninsula dispute between Cameroon and Nigeria ran for decades before the International Court of Justice ruled in Cameroon's favor in 2002, with Nigeria completing its withdrawal only in 2008 after prolonged negotiation. This coin commemorates that territorial resolution — one of the few modern African border disputes settled entirely through international legal process rather than armed conflict.
Silver-plated copper-nickel at this weight is the standard substrate for Cameroonian commemorative issues produced for the collector market, most of which never approach the country whose name they bear.