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500 Francs Poison dart frog
| Issuer | Cameroon (1960-date) |
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| Year | 2021 |
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| Composition | Silver (.999) |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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| Mintage | 2021 - - 3,000 |
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Cameroon has issued collector coinage sporadically since the late 1960s, but the recent proliferation of themed wildlife issues — produced almost entirely for the European and North American collector market — has little to do with Cameroonian monetary policy and everything to do with licensed mint programs contracted through intermediaries. This piece was almost certainly struck at a European facility, likely the Bialystok-based Mennica Polska or a comparable operation, with the Banque des États de l'Afrique Centrale providing nominal issuing authority.
The poison dart frog itself is not native to Cameroon or anywhere in Africa — the Dendrobatidae family is endemic to Central and South America.