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500 Francs The Ten Commandments - VII
| Issuer | Bank of Central African States |
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| Year | 2018 |
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| Currency | CFA franc (Bank of Central African States, 1973-date) |
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| Reverse description | The reverse depicts a colorized scene inspired by Pieter Bruegel the Elder's painting illustrating the Seventh Commandment ("Thou shalt not steal"), showing a peasant figure in a rust-colored tunic and hood standing at the base of a bare tree, gesturing upward toward a thief concealed among the branches who clutches stolen goods. The figures are rendered in vivid polychrome color contrast against the finely engraved monochrome silver background of gnarled tree branches and winter landscape. The Roman numeral "VII" is inscribed in bold gilt lettering at the lower right of the field, identifying this as the seventh commandment in the series. The overall composition draws directly from Netherlandish Renaissance artistic tradition, lending the coin a painterly, narrative quality. The triangular coin shape reinforces the tablet-like thematic concept of the Ten Commandments series. |
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| Mintage | 2018 mw - Proof - 200 |
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The Bank of Central African States — the BEAC — issues currency on behalf of six member nations: Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, and Gabon. This piece belongs to a collector-oriented religious series rather than any circulating monetary program; the BEAC has used such themed issues since the 2010s to generate seigniorage revenue through the international numismatic market. The seventh commandment — prohibiting adultery in the Judeo-Christian tradition, theft in some Catholic enumerations — varies in its assigned number depending on denominational convention.