1500 Francs Empire State Building

Cameroon has issued coins through the Monnaie de Paris and various private minting houses under licensing arrangements that have little to do with domestic monetary policy — this piece almost certainly never circulated in Douala or Yaoundé. The 1500-franc denomination exists purely for the collector market, a face value with no practical relationship to Cameroonian commerce.

The Empire State Building was completed in 1931 after just 410 days of construction, a pace driven largely by the need to employ workers during the Depression.