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500 Francs The Ten Commandments - IV
| Issuer | Bank of Central African States (BEAC) |
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| Year | 2018 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Obverse description | The obverse features a textured stone field evoking carved rock or stone tablets, against which the legends are incuse in a clean, modern typeface. The denomination '500 FRANCS CFA' is inscribed in the upper portion of the field, followed by the issuer legend 'REPUBLIQUE DU CAMEROUN' in the centre, and the date '2018' at the base. The Mint of Poland mintmark (mw) appears at lower left, and the fineness mark 'Ag 999' at lower right. The overall design references the stone tablet motif associated with the Ten Commandments series. |
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| Obverse lettering | 500 FRANCS CFA REPUBLIQUE DU CAMEROUN 2018 mw Ag 999 (Translation: Republic of Cameroun.) |
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The "Ten Commandments" series issued through BEAC represents one of the more commercially driven numismatic programs to emerge from central African monetary institutions — coins designed explicitly for the collector market rather than circulation, licensed through a European distributor and struck well outside the issuing territory. The fourth commandment, "Honor thy father and mother," gives this piece its nominal identity.
BEAC itself serves six member states of the Central African Economic and Monetary Community, all using the CFA franc pegged to the euro at a fixed rate inherited from the 1948 Bretton Woods-era French colonial arrangements.