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| Issuer | Bank of Central African States (BEAC) |
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| Year | 2018 |
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| Currency | CFA franc (Bank of Central African States, 1973-date) |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse lettering | GEMINI |
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The Bank of Central African States issues collector coinage on behalf of six member nations — Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, and Gabon — under a unified monetary framework that has operated since 1972. These gold-plated silver pieces are produced under contract by private minting houses in Europe, not at any facility within the issuing region, and the 500 Francs denomination bears no practical relationship to the CFA franc's purchasing power in those economies.
The Gemini issue belongs to a broader zodiac series marketed primarily to the international collector market.