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1500 Francs Black rhinoceros, large type
| Issuer | Cameroon (1960-date) |
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| Year | 2010 |
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| Reference(s) | KM#55 |
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| Obverse lettering | REPUBLIQUE DU CAMEROUN PAIX TRAVAIL PATRIE PEACE WORK FATHERLAND REPUBLIC OF CAMEROON REPUBLIQUE DU CAMEROUN 1500 FRANCS CFA |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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Cameroon's wildlife coin program expanded significantly in the late 2000s, issued under the authority of the Bank of Central African States (BEAC) and technically legal tender despite never circulating. The "large type" designation distinguishes this from a smaller-format rhinoceros issue in the same series — a distinction that matters for completeness-driven collectors working the full set.
The black rhinoceros (*Diceros bicornis*) had effectively disappeared from Cameroon's wild population by the early 2000s, with the last confirmed individual in the northern Cameroon subspecies recorded around 2006, shortly before the subspecies was declared extinct.