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500 Francs CFA Swedish Treskilling Yellow
| Issuer | Cameroon (1960-date) |
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| Year | 2025 |
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| Shape | Round |
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| Obverse description | The central field features a coloured yellow post horn superimposed over a yellow world map, rendered in a bold graphic style against a dark concave disc. The surrounding legend reads REPUBLIQUE DU CAMEROUN in an arc both above and below the central motif, with the date 2025 and fineness mark Ag 999 inscribed to the left of the central disc. The outer border is styled to resemble a postage stamp with perforated edges and radiating sun-ray pattern in graduated grey tones, evoking the philatelic theme of the issue. The denomination 500 FRANCS CFA appears in the upper left and upper right corners of the stamp-shaped border, with mirrored text repeated in the lower portions. Vignettes of historical mail-delivery vehicles — including a hot-air balloon and an early automobile — are visible in the outer stamp border field. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse presents a faithful full-colour reproduction of the celebrated 1855 Swedish Treskilling Banco stamp, erroneously printed in yellow rather than the intended blue-green, making it one of the world's rarest and most valuable philatelic errors. The stamp design occupies the central field, framed within a postage-stamp perforated border integrated into the coin's design. The numeral 3 appears in the upper left and upper right corners of the stamp vignette, flanking the crown and post horn emblem of Sweden. The legend SVERIGE and FRIMÄRKE are inscribed within the stamp reproduction, with the denomination TRE SKILL. BCO. identifying the face value of the original stamp. The explanatory inscription Swedish Treskilling Yellow 1855 appears below the stamp design, identifying the philatelic rarity commemorated by this issue. |
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| Reverse lettering | 3 SVERIGE 3 FRIMÄRKE TRE SKILL. BCO. Swedish Treskilling Yellow 1855 |
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