Catalog
See full images - free registration
Continue with Google - no registration!
or register with email
Why register? Just to keep bots out of our catalog. Your email stays private - we will never share it or send you anything uninvited. We guarantee you that!
5000 Francs Tiger Hunt I
| Issuer | Bank of Central African States (BEAC) |
|---|---|
| Year | 2016 |
| Type | Log in to see details |
| Value | 5000 Francs CFA |
| Currency | Log in to see details |
| Composition | Log in to see details |
| Weight | Log in to see details |
| Diameter | Log in to see details |
| Thickness | Log in to see details |
| Shape | Log in to see details |
| Technique | Log in to see details |
| Orientation | Log in to see details |
| Engraver(s) | Log in to see details |
| In circulation to | Log in to see details |
| Reference(s) | Log in to see details |
| Obverse description | Log in to see details |
|---|---|
| Obverse script | Latin |
| Obverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Reverse description | Log in to see details |
| Reverse script | Log in to see details |
| Reverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Edge | Plain |
| Mint | Log in to see details |
| Mintage | Log in to see details |
| Additional information |
The Bank of Central African States serves six member nations simultaneously — Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, and Gabon — which creates an unusual institutional situation where a single monetary authority issues collector coinage nominally attributable to the bloc rather than any individual sovereign. The "Tiger Hunt" series sits in that ambiguous space, issued under BEAC's broader mandate but with no particular connection to the economic conditions of its members.
Tigers are not native to sub-Saharan Africa. The subject matter is purely commercial, aimed at Asian collector markets where tiger imagery carries strong cultural demand.