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5000 Francs Tiger Hunt VII
| Issuer | Bank of Central African States (BEAC) |
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| Year | 2016 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse description | Rectangular silver field bearing an incuse inner rectangle framing the issuer name, fineness mark, date, and denomination arranged in a clean typographic layout. The legend REPUBLIQUE DU CAMEROUN appears in the upper portion, with the fineness designation Ag 999 at upper left and the date 2016 at upper right. The denomination 5000 FRANCS CFA is inscribed in larger characters in the lower half. The overall design is restrained and architectural in character, with no figurative elements. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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The Bank of Central African States issues coinage on behalf of six member nations — Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Republic of Congo, Equatorial Guinea, and Gabon — under a shared monetary union that has operated since the CFA franc zone was restructured in 1972. The BEAC itself does not operate a mint; these coins are struck under contract by European facilities, with this series produced in limited collector quantities never intended for circulation in the member states.
The Tiger Hunt series is a numismatic product aimed squarely at the international collector market, trading on exotic subject matter rather than any issuing-country historical connection — tigers are not native to Central Africa.