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500 Francs Madonna Of Humility
| Issuer | Cameroon (1960-date) |
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| Year | 2017 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Obverse lettering | REPUBLIQUE DU CAMEROUN 2017 Ag 999 500 FRANCS CFA (Translation: Republic of Cameroon.) |
| Reverse description | The left portion of the square flan features a full-color reproduction of the Madonna of Humility, attributed to Pietro di Giovanni d'Ambrogio, depicting the Virgin Mary seated and draped in a vivid blue mantle with gold trim, tenderly embracing the Christ Child who is clothed in pink, with attendant angels visible in the background against a warm golden-orange ground. The right portion of the flan is rendered in polished and matte silver relief against a dark field, displaying a naturalistic stem bearing two fully bloomed roses with leaves, providing a striking sculptural contrast to the painted panel at left. The two compositional elements are separated by a vertical dividing line, uniting painted art and three-dimensional metalwork within a single square format. |
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The "Madonna of Humility" subject derives from a Marian iconographic type that emerged in 14th-century Italian panel painting, most closely associated with Lippo di Dalmasio and later Fra Angelico. Cameroon's adoption of it for a bullion-adjacent silver issue in 2017 reflects the broader trend of Central African franc-zone states licensing religious and art-historical themes through the Monnaie de Paris or private minting houses — the coins bearing a nominal CFA denomination but sold entirely to collectors outside the issuing country.
Mintage on issues of this type is typically capped in the low thousands, though official figures for this specific release have not been independently verified.