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500 Francs Elephant
| Issuer | Bank of Central African States (BEAC) |
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| Year | 2022 |
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| Weight | 15.50 g |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | A color-enhanced depiction of an adult African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana) accompanied by a calf, both striding to the left across an open landscape. Two stylized baobab trees (Adansonia sp.) rise in the mid-ground, with a large full moon rendered in the background sky. The fineness and weight inscriptions appear in the lower field, identifying this as a half-ounce fine silver issue. |
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The Bank of Central African States issues currency on behalf of six member nations — Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, and Gabon — all bound to the CFA franc zone, a monetary arrangement rooted in French colonial policy that has persisted largely unchanged since 1945. This particular issue is struck for the numismatic export market rather than circulation; the BEAC's circulating coinage bears no resemblance to pieces like this one.
KM#471 falls within a broader collector series produced under licensing arrangements common to small-economy central banks supplementing reserve income.