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500 Francs CFA Javelinmen
| Issuer | Bank of Central African States (BEAC) |
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| Year | 2023 |
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| Value | 500 Francs CFA 500 XAF = RSD 89 |
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| Reverse description | The reverse presents a full-colour reproduction of 'Javelinmen' (also known as 'Oszczepnicy' or 'Bear Hunting'), an 1890 oil painting by the celebrated Polish Impressionist master Julian Fałat. The composition depicts two hunters armed with spears advancing through a snow-covered winter landscape, capturing a moment of high tension during a bear hunt rendered in Fałat's characteristically loose, atmospheric brushwork. The scene is reproduced with exceptional chromatic fidelity across the entire reverse field, framed by the coin's milled border. The artist's name 'JULIAN FAŁAT' is inscribed in the lower portion of the reverse as the sole legend. |
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| Reverse lettering | JULIAN FAŁAT |
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The BEAC issues commemorative silver under the franc CFA system — a currency whose fixed peg to the euro (and before that, the French franc) has been a source of continuous political friction since independence-era agreements locked fourteen nations into French Treasury oversight. The 500 franc denomination here has no real purchasing-power equivalent in daily circulation; this is a bullion-adjacent collectible dressed in the clothing of a monetary unit that most citizens of member states rarely encounter as silver.