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500 Francs Christ Carrying the Cross
| Issuer | Cameroon (1960-date) |
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| Year | 2021 |
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| Shape | Round |
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| Reverse description | The reverse bears a full-color reproduction of a Renaissance-style devotional painting depicting Christ carrying the Cross, closely based on the composition attributed to Sebastiano del Piombo. The figure of Christ is shown in three-quarter bust, his gaze directed downward in an expression of sorrowful resignation, with long brown hair and a short beard. He is clad in a blue garment, his right hand pressed against the wooden shaft of the large cross that dominates the upper field. The Roman numeral 'VII' — denoting the seventh Station of the Cross — appears within a gilt oval cartouche at the lower center of the coin. |
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| Mintage | 2021 MW - Proof - 200 |
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Cameroon has issued commemorative silver under its own authority since independence in 1960, but the volume of collector-market pieces — many produced by European mints on contract — accelerated sharply after the 2000s as central banks across francophone Africa licensed their coining rights to private distributors. This piece almost certainly falls into that category: a coin issued in Cameroonian name but physically struck elsewhere, typically Poland or the Czech Republic, for the global numismatic market rather than domestic circulation.
KM#333 does not correspond to a coin tied to any specific national event or monetary policy decision within Cameroon itself.