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500 Francs CFA Map of France
| Issuer | Cameroon (1960-date) |
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| Year | 2021 |
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| Value | 500 Francs CFA |
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| Obverse lettering | BRETAGNE NORMANDIE PAYS DE LA LOIRE BOURGOGNE-FRANCHE-COMTE OCCITANIE AUVERGNE-RHONE-ALPES GRAND EST CENTRE-VAL DE LOIRE ILE DE FRANCE HAUTS-DE-FRANCE NOUVELLE-AQUITAINE REPUBLIQUE DU CAMEROUN 2021 500 FRANCS CFA |
| Reverse description | The reverse depicts an irregular shaped planchet formed in the outline of metropolitan France, with internal lines delineating the boundaries of the administrative regions. Within each region, engraved vignettes represent locally emblematic monuments, fauna, or cultural objects, providing a detailed cartographic and illustrative composition across the entire field. |
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The "Map of France" subject is peculiar for a Cameroonian issue — France ceded formal control of its UN trust territory in 1960, the same year the issuer designation on these coins begins. Cameroon uses the CFA franc, a currency still pegged to the euro and managed through the Banque des États de l'Afrique Centrale, with France holding a guaranteed convertibility role. The political irony of a Cameroonian coin commemorating French geography is not incidental.
These gold-plated copper-nickel pieces are produced for the collector market, not circulation. The issuing authority contracts production to private mints in Europe; the coins never see Yaoundé.