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500 Francs CFA Mauritius Post Office Stamps
| Issuer | Banque des États de l'Afrique Centrale (BEAC) |
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| Year | 2025 |
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| Weight | 17.5 g |
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| Obverse description | The central field features a stylized yellow post horn superimposed over a yellow map of the world, rendered in a bold graphic design. Encircling the central motif is a circular legend reading REPUBLIQUE DU CAMEROUN, with the date 2025 and fineness mark Ag 999 inscribed along the inner border. The surrounding field is decorated in the form of a postage stamp, with characteristic perforated edges rendered in relief, and radiating sunburst lines emanating outward in shades of grey. Historic mail transport vignettes — including a hot air balloon at the top and a sailing vessel at the bottom — are depicted in the stamp-shaped border areas. The denomination 500 FRANCS CFA appears in the outer stamp field, mirrored both at top right and bottom left. |
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| Obverse lettering | 500 FRANCS CFA REPUBLIQUE DU CAMEROUN 2025 Ag 999 |
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The BEAC, which functions as the common central bank for six Central African states under the franc CFA zone, has issued commemorative silver pieces with increasing frequency since the 2010s — largely targeting the collector market rather than domestic circulation. This particular subject, Mauritius Post Office stamps, references the two 1847 issues ("Post Office" and "Post Paid") that rank among the most valuable philatelic items ever recorded at auction, with single examples selling for millions of dollars. The coins themselves have no monetary relationship to Mauritius, which uses the Mauritian rupee and has no connection to the CFA franc zone.