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500 Francs Madonna nursing the Child
| Issuer | Cameroon (1960-date) |
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| Year | 2017 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Obverse description | Square flan bearing the issuer name, fineness designation, denomination, and date arranged as a legend within the coin's border. The inscriptions REPUBLIQUE DU CAMEROUN, AG 999, 500 FRANCS CFA, and the date 2017 are all present in the field. |
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| Obverse lettering | REPUBLIQUE DU CAMEROUN 2017 Ag 999 500 FRANCS CFA (Translation: Republic of Cameroon.) |
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Cameroon's central bank has periodically issued collector silver under the franc CFA system administered by the Bank of Central African States (BEAC), though the proliferation of themed numismatic issues from franc CFA member states since roughly 2010 has been driven largely by European mint contractors marketing to collectors rather than any domestic monetary program. This piece almost certainly left the continent as a collector item rather than entering Cameroonian commerce.