Catalog
See full images - free registration
Continue with Google - no registration!
or register with email
Why register? Just to keep bots out of our catalog. Your email stays private - we will never share it or send you anything uninvited. We guarantee you that!
500 Francs CFA Puma
| Issuer | Cameroon (1960-date) |
|---|---|
| Year | 2025 |
| Type | Log in to see details |
| Value | Log in to see details |
| Currency | Log in to see details |
| Composition | Log in to see details |
| Weight | 15.5 g |
| Diameter | Log in to see details |
| Thickness | Log in to see details |
| Shape | Log in to see details |
| Technique | Log in to see details |
| Orientation | Log in to see details |
| Engraver(s) | Log in to see details |
| In circulation to | Log in to see details |
| Reference(s) | Log in to see details |
| Obverse description | Bare-headed effigy of King Charles III facing left, rendered in high relief against a finely engraved guilloche background of interlocking diamond and dot patterns that fills the entire field. The date 2025 appears at the lower left, flanking the portrait. The circular legend reads CHARLES III · 500 FRANCS CFA above and · REPUBLIC OF CAMEROON · below, distributed around the periphery of the design. |
|---|---|
| Obverse script | Log in to see details |
| Obverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Reverse description | Full-colour depiction of a puma (mountain lion) striding forward at centre, rendered in vivid naturalistic tones of tawny gold and brown against a photorealistic landscape background featuring snow-capped mountain peaks, coniferous forest, and a rocky alpine foreground with autumn foliage. The series logo PRAIRIE LIFE appears in a shield-shaped cartouche at the upper left of the field. The inscription .999 FINE SILVER 1/2 OZ is incused along the lower arc of the coin. |
| Reverse script | Log in to see details |
| Reverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Edge | Log in to see details |
| Mint | Log in to see details |
| Mintage | Log in to see details |
| Additional information |
Cameroon's CFA franc is issued under the authority of the BEAC — the Banque des États de l'Afrique Centrale — yet collector pieces like this one are typically produced under licensing arrangements with private mints operating well outside the region, a practice common across francophone African issuing authorities whose nominal sovereignty over coinage bears little relationship to where or how the coins are actually made. Rhodium plating on silver is a relatively recent addition to the novelty coin market, chosen primarily for its extreme hardness and bluish-white reflectivity rather than any historical or numismatic tradition.