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500 Francs Madonna nursing the Child
| Issuer | Cameroon (1960-date) |
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| Year | 2017 |
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| Value | 500 Francs CFA |
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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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| Reverse description | The reverse presents a full-color reproduction of the Netherlandish painting 'Madonna Nursing the Child', occupying approximately three-quarters of the square field to the left. The Virgin Mary, draped in a red mantle and shown with a golden halo, tenderly nurses the Christ Child, both rendered against a gilded background. To the right, a raised and polished silver relief of a two-stemmed rose branch with two open blooms and foliage is set against a black enameled field. The composition blends chromolithographic color printing with three-dimensional sculptural metalwork in a single unified design. |
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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.