5000 Francs CFA Mandala Antelope

The Bank of Central African States issues commemorative coinage well outside the practical monetary needs of its six member nations — Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Gabon, Equatorial Guinea, and the Republic of the Congo — which collectively use the Central African CFA franc as a shared currency pegged to the euro. These mandala-format issues are produced almost entirely for the international numismatic market, with no meaningful domestic circulation.

KM#130 is one of several mandala-series releases from this issuer, a format that became commercially popular with European and Asian collector markets after 2015.