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5000 Francs Spice Route
| Issuer | Cameroon (1960-date) |
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| Year | 2019 |
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| Value | 5000 Francs CFA |
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| Obverse description | Right-facing diademed and draped effigy of Queen Elizabeth II occupies the central field, rendered in high relief with fine detail to the hair, tiara, and pearl drop earring. The engraver's initials IRB appear below the truncation. A beaded inner border frames the design, with the legend ELIZABETH II flanking the portrait along the upper left and the denomination 5.000 FRANCS CFA along the upper right. The legend REPUBLIC OF CAMEROON arcs along the lower periphery, flanked by the Cameroonian coat of arms at the base. |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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The "Spice Route" series, issued under the Central Bank of Central African States (BEAC) on behalf of Cameroon, belongs to a wave of large-format silver collector pieces that BEAC began authorizing in the 2010s primarily for the European numismatic market. These coins have no practical circulation history — struck in limited quantities by European minting contractors, they are fiscal instruments in name only, their face values bearing no relationship to purchasing power in Cameroon itself.
KM#224 is one of several thematic entries in this series, each tied to historical trade networks. The spice trade it references connected sub-Saharan Africa to Arab, Indian, and eventually Portuguese commercial networks from roughly the 9th century onward.