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500 Francs Italian Florist
| Issuer | Republic of Cameroon |
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| Year | 2023 |
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| Value | 500 Francs CFA |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | The reverse bears a full-color reproduction of the painting 'Italian Florist' by Polish artist Teodor Axentowicz (1859–1938), depicting a young Italian woman in three-quarter profile facing left, dressed in traditional regional costume comprising a white blouse, red sash, blue skirt, and a white lace headpiece, holding a basket of white flowers at her hip. The artist's signature is visible in the lower left of the painted composition. The legend 'TEODOR AXENTOWICZ' is inscribed in bold capital letters along the lower rim of the coin. |
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Cameroon's modern commemorative program has leaned heavily on novelty formats and foreign licensing arrangements, with many issues in this series produced by European private mints for collector export rather than any domestic monetary purpose. The "Italian Florist" designation refers to a broader themed release tied to Italian artistic and craft traditions, part of a wave of sub-Saharan nominal issues that use African sovereign authority almost entirely as a licensing vehicle.
KM#547 was struck at 10g rather than the heavier weights common to comparable issues, keeping production costs down on a piece never intended to circulate.