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500 Francs Capricorn
| Issuer | Republic of Cameroon |
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| Year | 2010 |
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| Shape | Round |
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| Obverse lettering | REPUBLIQUE DU CAMEROUN PAIX TRAVAIL PATRIE PEACE WORK FATHERLAND REPUBLIC OF CAMEROON REPUBLIQUE DU CAMEROUN 500 FRANCS CFA |
| Reverse description | A mythological sea-goat (Capricorn) is depicted in left profile with its head turned back toward the viewer, its body rendered in fine detail with scaled fish tail and horned goat forequarters. A large disc bearing the twelve signs of the zodiac arranged in a circular band occupies the background. Celestial motifs including stars and a globe appear in the upper portion of the field, evoking an astronomical and astrological theme consistent with the zodiac series. |
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Cameroon's mid-2000s through 2010s silver program was produced almost entirely for the collector export market, with no meaningful domestic circulation. The Central African CFA franc zone, of which Cameroon is a member, delegates actual monetary policy to the BEAC — meaning these issues were authorized locally but had no practical role in the regional currency system whatsoever.
The Capricorn piece belongs to a zodiac series that leaned heavily on European and Asian collector demand, typical of small-nation mint contracts of the period brokered through third-party distributors rather than sovereign minting facilities.