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500 Francs Baptism of Christ
| Issuer | Cameroon (1960-date) |
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| Year | 2017 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Obverse lettering | REPUBLIQUE DU CAMEROUN 2017 Ag 999 500 FRANCS CFA (Translation: Republic of Cameroon.) |
| Reverse description | Reproduction of 'The Baptism of Christ', the celebrated painting executed by Andrea del Verrocchio and Leonardo da Vinci between 1472 and 1475, now housed in the Uffizi Gallery, Florence. The composition depicts Christ standing in the River Jordan being baptized by Saint John the Baptist, with two angels kneeling at left and the dove of the Holy Spirit descending from above. The scene is rendered in fine detail across the square flan, faithfully reproducing the original tempera and oil composition. |
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Cameroon's modern commemorative silver program is administered through the Monnaie de Paris under long-standing franc zone agreements — meaning this coin was almost certainly struck in France, not on Cameroonian soil. The country has no mint of its own.
The CFA franc arrangement, inherited from French colonial monetary structures and formalized at independence in 1960, gives the Banque des États de l'Afrique Centrale authority to authorize collector issues of this kind, though their commercial distribution typically runs through European dealers rather than domestic channels.