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500 Francs Madagascan sunset moth
| Issuer | Cameroon (1960-date) |
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| Year | 2021 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
| Obverse lettering | • ELIZABETH II • 500 FRANCS CFA • 2021 IRB REPUBLIC OF CAMEROON |
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Cameroon has issued collector-focused silver pieces under its own authority since the early 2000s, largely through arrangements with European minting houses — a practice common among francophone African nations whose sovereign coinage programs generate negligible domestic circulation but steady numismatic export revenue. This 500 Francs denomination sits well above any practical transactional value, existing purely as a vehicle for the subject matter.
The Madagascan sunset moth (Chrysiridia rhipheus) is endemic to Madagascar — not Cameroon — which reflects the broader pattern of these issues selecting globally recognizable natural subjects regardless of geographic relevance to the issuing state.