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500 Francs The Visitation
| Issuer | Bank of Central African States |
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| Year | 2020 |
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| Shape | Round |
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| Reverse description | The reverse features a full-color reproduction of Raphael's painting The Visitation, set within a rectangular panel framed by a gold-colored border occupying the central field. The scene depicts the meeting of the Virgin Mary and Saint Elizabeth, rendered in Raphael's characteristic High Renaissance style with richly colored drapery in orange, blue, and pink tones against a landscape background. Two cherubs (putti) are depicted in relief below the colored panel, resting with their arms folded, in polished proof finish. Ornate foliate and thistle motifs in high relief flank the central panel on both sides. The artist's name RAFFAELLO SANZIO arcs along the upper border, and his birth and death years 1483–1520 are inscribed along the lower border. |
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| Reverse lettering | RAFFAELLO SANZIO 1483-1520 |
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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. Collector issues like this one are minted under license well outside the region, typically in European facilities, and circulate only in the numismatic market. The 500 Francs denomination has no meaningful purchasing power in the CFA franc zone, where the actual circulating currency is pegged to the euro at a fixed rate of 655.957 CFA francs.