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500 Francs Girl Defending Herself against Eros
| Issuer | Cameroon (1960-date) |
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| Year | 2024 |
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| Currency | CFA franc (Bank of Central African States, 1973-date) |
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| Obverse description | Against a polished black field, the national coat of arms of Cameroon is depicted centrally, featuring a shield charged with scales of justice and surmounted by a five-pointed star, flanked by two crossed fasces with axe heads. Bilingual motto legends appear flanking the arms: 'PAIX / PEACE' to the left, 'TRAVAIL / WORK' above, and 'PATRIE / FATHERLAND' to the right. A scroll beneath the shield bears the bilingual inscriptions 'REPUBLIC OF CAMEROON' and 'REPUBLIQUE DU CAMEROUN'. The upper field carries the bold legend 'REPUBLIQUE DU CAMEROUN' in two lines, while the lower field bears the denomination '500 FRANCS CFA' and the date '2024', all rendered in raised gold-toned lettering. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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The underlying design derives from William-Adolphe Bouguereau's 1880 Academic painting of the same name, part of a long-running series of bullion-adjacent collector pieces issued under Cameroonian authority — a jurisdiction with no meaningful historical connection to the source imagery but a well-established relationship with European minting houses, particularly the Monnaie de Paris and various private mints operating under CFA franc zone licensing arrangements.
At .999 silver plate over copper at 61g, this is squarely a numismatic novelty rather than a bullion instrument. The KM#671 reference places it within an expansive Cameroonian collector catalog that has grown sharply since the 2010s.