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500 Francs Goldfish
| Issuer | Bank of Central African States (BEAC) |
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| Year | 2020 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Obverse lettering | REPUBLIQUE DU CAMEROUN mw 500 FRANCS CFA 2020 Ag 999 (Translation: Republic of Cameroon.) |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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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, a currency whose fixed peg to the euro traces back to a 1948 agreement with France that survived decolonization largely intact. This piece is a collector issue, not a circulating denomination; the BEAC has increasingly used such numismatic releases to generate foreign exchange revenue, a quiet but significant income stream for member states with limited export diversification.
The gold-plated insert technique was popularized by the Mint of Poland, which has produced a substantial portion of the world's novelty bimetallic collector coins since the 2010s — including many issued under African monetary authorities.