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500 Francs Feast of the Rosary
| Issuer | Bank of Central African States (BEAC) |
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| Year | 2021 |
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| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
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| Obverse description | The national coat of arms of Cameroon is depicted centrally in the field, featuring a shield bearing scales of justice surmounted by a five-pointed star, flanked by crossed fasces. The bilingual national motto appears around the shield in both French and English: PAIX/PEACE to the left and TRAVAIL/WORK above and PATRIE/FATHERLAND to the right. The circular legend REPUBLIQUE DU CAMEROUN arcs prominently around the upper portion of the coin, with REPUBLIC OF CAMEROON implied by the bilingual inscriptions. The denomination 500 FRANCS CFA is inscribed in large characters along the lower portion of the field, with the fineness mark Ag 999 and the mint mark MW visible beneath the coat of arms. The date 2021 appears centrally above the shield. |
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| Obverse lettering | REPUBLIQUE DU CAMEROUN PAIX TRAVAIL PATRIE PEACE WORK FATHERLAND REPUBLIC OF CAMEROON 2021 500 FRANCS CFA Ag 999 mw |
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The Feast of the Rosary commemorates the 1571 Battle of Lepanto, where the combined Christian fleet of the Holy League defeated the Ottoman navy — an outcome Pope Pius V attributed directly to the intercession of the Virgin Mary through rosary prayer. The feast, then called Our Lady of Victory, was renamed by Pope Gregory XIII the following year and fixed to the first Sunday of October, later standardized to October 7th by Pius X in 1913.
The amber insert is genuine fossilized resin, sourced for inclusion as a natural material with deep Catholic devotional associations dating to medieval relic culture.