Catalog
See full images - free registration
Continue with Google - no registration!
or register with email
Why register? Just to keep bots out of our catalog. Your email stays private - we will never share it or send you anything uninvited. We guarantee you that!
500 Francs Tetris
| Issuer | Bank of Central African States (BEAC) |
|---|---|
| Year | 2023 |
| Type | Log in to see details |
| Value | Log in to see details |
| Currency | Log in to see details |
| Composition | Log in to see details |
| Weight | Log in to see details |
| Diameter | Log in to see details |
| Thickness | Log in to see details |
| Shape | Log in to see details |
| Technique | Colored, Milled |
| Orientation | Log in to see details |
| Engraver(s) | Log in to see details |
| In circulation to | Log in to see details |
| Reference(s) | Log in to see details |
| Obverse description | Log in to see details |
|---|---|
| Obverse script | Log in to see details |
| Obverse lettering | REPUBLIQUE DU CAMEROUN 2023 500 FRANCS CFA (Translation: Republic of Camernoon) |
| Reverse description | Log in to see details |
| Reverse script | Log in to see details |
| Reverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Edge | Plain |
| Mint | Log in to see details |
| Mintage | Log in to see details |
| Additional information |
The BEAC serves six member states — Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Gabon, Equatorial Guinea, and Congo-Brazzaville — but issues like this one have nothing to do with regional monetary needs. These are pure numismatic revenue products, licensed collectibles sold directly to foreign markets. Tetris, the puzzle game designed by Soviet programmer Alexei Pajitnov in 1984, became the subject of a protracted legal battle over intellectual property rights that stretched across the Cold War's final years and into the 1990s.
The .999 silver format at 15g places this squarely in the modern novelty issue category common to BEAC and similar African monetary authorities licensing pop-culture IP for collector sales.