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10 000 Francs Independence
| Issuer | Banque Centrale des États de l'Afrique Équatoriale et du Cameroun |
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| Year | 1970 |
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| Currency | CFA franc (Central bank of Equatorial African States and Cameroon, 1961-1973) |
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| Reverse description | Two Giant Elands (Taurotragus derbianus) face each other at the centre of the field, their imposing horns nearly meeting at the top of the design. The national coat of arms of Cameroon is displayed prominently above the animals. Decorative mirrored chain motifs border the composition at the left and right. The bilingual commemorative legend '10e anniversaire de l'independance' and '10th anniversary of independence' encircles the design, with the denomination '10000 Francs' inscribed in the lower field. |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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The Banque Centrale des États de l'Afrique Équatoriale et du Cameroun was itself a transitional institution — formed to manage the CFA franc zone across Cameroon, Gabon, the Central African Republic, Chad, and the Republic of Congo as each gained independence from France in 1960. By 1972 it was dissolved and replaced by the BEAC, making issues struck under its name a narrow historical window. This 1970 piece was produced for the tenth anniversary of that independence wave, almost certainly struck at the Paris Mint under the technical agreements that kept French minting infrastructure central to Francophone African coinage well into the postcolonial period.