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500 Francs Madonna Of Humility
| Issuer | Cameroon (1960-date) |
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| Year | 2017 |
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| Composition | Silver (.999) |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
| Obverse lettering | REPUBLIQUE DU CAMEROUN 2017 Ag 999 500 FRANCS CFA (Translation: Republic of Cameroon.) |
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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.