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2500 Francs Wrestling
| Issuer | Cameroon (1960-date) |
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| Year | 2016 |
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| Shape | Round |
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| Obverse description | Right-facing bearded portrait of Zeus rendered in a classical Hellenistic style, occupying the central field. The date 2016 appears in the lower field beneath the effigy. The legend REPUBLIQUE DU CAMEROUN arcs along the left and lower periphery, while 2500 FRANCS CFA and the fineness mark Ag 999 are inscribed along the right rim. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Cameroon's commemorative coinage of this period was issued under licensing arrangements common to several Central African franc-zone states, where the actual minting and distribution were handled by foreign private mints — most often European — with the issuing country's nominal authority attached after the fact. These pieces entered the collector market directly, rarely if ever circulating in Cameroon itself.
The composition listed — silver plated silver — reflects a production method where a fine silver core receives an additional fine silver surface treatment, sometimes to improve die detail pickup or surface finish consistency.