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25 Francs CFA Essai
| Issuer | Banque Centrale des Etats de l'Afrique Equatoriale et du Cameroun |
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| Year | 1962 |
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| Currency | CFA franc (Central bank of Equatorial African States and Cameroon, 1961-1973) |
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| Obverse description | Three giant elands (taurotragus derbianus) depicted in left-facing profile, rendered in high relief with finely detailed horns and musculature, occupying the central field. The upper legend reads ETATS DE L'AFRIQUE EQUATORIALE / BANQUE CENTRALE in two curved lines following the coin's circumference. The date 1962 appears in the lower field flanked by stylized vegetation, with CAMEROUN inscribed along the lower border. The engravers' signatures G.B. and L.BAZOR appear discreetly in the right field. |
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| Obverse lettering | ETATS DE L'AFRIQUE EQUATORIALE BANQUE CENTRALE G.B. L.BAZOR 1962 CAMEROUN (Translation: Equatorial African States Central Bank Cameroon) |
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The Banque Centrale des Etats de l'Afrique Equatoriale et du Cameroun had a short institutional life — it was dissolved in 1972 when the BEAC replaced it — making all essai pieces from this issuer genuinely scarce by virtue of the bank's own brevity. Essais of this period were struck in Paris by the Monnaie de Paris primarily for government approval and collector sets, never entering circulation. Production numbers were typically in the low hundreds.