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500 Francs Merry Christmas
| Issuer | Cameroon (1960-date) |
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| Year | 2024 |
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| Technique | Colored, Milled |
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| Obverse lettering | · REPUBLIQUE DU CAMEROUN · 2024 5 TROY OUNCES · 500 FRANCS CFA · 999 FINE COPPER |
| Reverse description | The reverse presents a fully colored depiction of Father Christmas standing atop a snow-dusted rooftop chimney, rendered in vivid applied color against the warm copper field. The figure is dressed in the traditional red and white fur-trimmed suit, carrying a large sack of gifts over one shoulder and a hand bell in the other. Behind him stretches a detailed winter village scene with snow-covered houses, pine trees, and a church steeple, all engraved in fine relief. A curved ribbon banner at the upper arc bears the legend 'MERRY CHRISTMAS' in raised capital letters against a dark background. The composition conveys a festive narrative scene in a style combining polychrome coloring with traditional numismatic engraving. |
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Cameroon has issued legal tender collector coins under its own authority since the early 2000s, largely through agreements with European minting and marketing firms that handle design, production, and distribution entirely outside the country. This piece almost certainly never touched Cameroonian soil.