Note: ESSAI (pattern) type exists as KM#E2 dated 1924 with mintage: N/A.

Note: ESSAI (pattern) type exists as KM#E1 dated 1924 with mintage: N/A.

Year: 1925. Weight: 5.00g [5.10g]. Mint: Monnaie de Paris (mintmark: torch). Mintage: 1,722,000. 

Year: 1926. Weight: 4.96 [5.10g]. Mint: Monnaie de Paris (mintmark: torch). Mintage: 11,928,078.

Note: KM#6 50 centimes has "CAMEROUN FRANÇAIS LIBRE" written instead of "CAMEROUN FRANÇAIS".

"Honneur - Patrie" (Honour, Fatherland) is the motto of the Légion d'honneur. It has been inscribed on military flags under the First French Empire, and also became the motto of the French Navy from 1830. "Valeur - Discipline" (Valour, Discipline) was inscribed on military flags under the late First Empire; fallen in disuse under the Bourbon Restauration, is reappeared on the flags of the French Second Republic and on the reverse of the Médaille militaire. Probably under the Second French Empire, these two mottos fused and became features of French naval ships.

Free France and its Free French Forces (French: France Libre and Forces françaises libres) were the government-in-exile led by Charles de Gaulle during the Second World War and its military forces, that continued to fight against the Axis powers as one of the Allies after the fall of France. Set up in London in June 1940, it organized and supported the Resistance in occupied France. The Free French fought Axis and Vichy regime troops and served on battlefronts everywhere from the Middle East to Indochina and North Africa. The Free French Navy operated as an auxiliary force to the Royal Navy and, in the North Atlantic, to the Royal Canadian Navy. Free French units also served in the Royal Air Force, Soviet Air Force, and British SAS, before larger commands were established directly under the control of the government-in-exile. Capital: Brazzaville (1940–1943) and then Algiers (1943–1944). London was Seat of the French National Committee.

Note: KM#6 50 centimes has "CAMEROUN FRANÇAIS LIBRE" written instead of "CAMEROUN FRANÇAIS".

Note: KM#7 1 Franc has "CAMEROUN FRANÇAIS LIBRE" written instead of "CAMEROUN FRANÇAIS".

Obverse: Marianne's head, facing left, wearing a winged Phrygian cap. "REPUBLIQUE FRANÇAISE UNION FRANÇAISE" (French Republic French Union) written around Marianne's head. Four ships in the background. Engraver initials "L.BAZOR" written at bottom left side and "GB" at bottom right side. Date below exergue line, followed by privy mark on both sides. Reverse: A linked sorghum (an agricultural food crop) with 10 bunches at the top. Leptoceros gazelle head facing straight in the center divides Value (denomination) "1 F.". Stalks of maize crops in the background. "TERRITOIRE DU CAMEROUN" (Territory of Cameroon) written at the bottom section. Mintage: 8,000,000. Minted Years: One year type. Engraver: Lucien Georges Bazor.

Note: ESSAI (pattern) type exists as KM#E5 in Copper-Nickel, weight: 5.30 grams with mintage: 2,000.

Obverse: Marianne's head, facing left, wearing a winged Phrygian cap. "REPUBLIQUE FRANÇAISE UNION FRANÇAISE" (French Republic French Union) written around Marianne's head. Four ships in the background. Engraver initials "L.BAZOR" written at bottom left side and "GB" at bottom right side. Date below exergue line, followed by privy mark on both sides. Reverse: A linked sorghum (an agricultural food crop) with 10 bunches at the top. Leptoceros gazelle head facing straight in the center divides Value (denomination) "2 F.". Stalks of maize crops in the background. "TERRITOIRE DU CAMEROUN" (Territory of Cameroon) written at the bottom section. Mintage: 5,000,000. Minted Years: One year type. Engraver: Lucien Georges Bazor.

Note: ESSAI (pattern) type exists as KM#E6 in Copper-Nickel, weight: 10.00 grams with mintage: 2,000.

Obverse: "AFRIQUE EQUATORIALE FRANCAISE" (French Equatorial Africa) written at the top section and "INSTITUT D'EMISSION" (Emission Institute) written below it. Heads of three Giant Elands facing left in the center with grassland below them. Engraver initials "G.B.L.BAZOR" written at right side in smaller characters clockwise. "CAMEROUN" (Cameroon) written at the bottom with Date below it. Reverse: Numeral "5" in the center with "FRANCS" written below it. Privy mint mark on both sides, at the upper part of numeral "5". Circular Wreath with local crops surrounds the Value with knot at the bottom. Mintage: 30,000,000. Minted Years: One year type. Engraver: Gabriel Bernard / Lucien Georges Bazor.

Note: ESSAI (pattern) type also exists as KM#E7, having mintage: 2,030.

The giant eland is also known as the Lord Derby eland. Binomial Name: Taurotragus derbianus.

Obverse: "AFRIQUE EQUATORIALE FRANCAISE" (French Equatorial Africa) written at the top section and "INSTITUT D'EMISSION" (Emission Institute) written below it. Heads of three Giant Elands facing left in the center with grassland below them. Engraver initials "G.B.L.BAZOR" written at right side in smaller characters clockwise. "CAMEROUN" (Cameroon) written at the bottom with Date below it. Reverse: Numerals "10" in the center with "FRANCS" written below it. Privy mint mark on both sides. Circular Wreath with local crops surrounds the Value with knot at the bottom. Mintage: 25,000,000. Minted Years: One year type. Engraver: Gabriel Bernard / Lucien Georges Bazor.

Note: ESSAI (pattern) type also exists as KM#E8, having mintage: 2,030.

Obverse: "AFRIQUE EQUATORIALE FRANCAISE" (French Equatorial Africa) written at the top section and "INSTITUT D'EMISSION" (Emission Institute) written below it. Heads of three Giant Elands facing left in the center with grassland below them. Engraver initials "G.B.L.BAZOR" written at right side in smaller characters clockwise. "CAMEROUN" (Cameroon) written at the bottom with Date below it. Reverse: Numerals "25" in the center with "FRANCS" written below it. Privy mint mark on both sides. Circular Wreath with local crops surrounds the Value with knot at the bottom. Mintage: 12,000,000. Minted Years: One year type. Engraver: Gabriel Bernard / Lucien Georges Bazor.

Note: ESSAI (pattern) type also exists as KM#E9, having mintage: 2,030.

Obverse: "BANQUE CENTRALE" (Central Bank) written at the top section. Heads of three Giant Elands facing left in the center with grassland below them. Engraver initials "G B·L BAZOR" written at right side in smaller characters anti-clockwise. "·REP··CENTRAFRICAINE·CONGO·GABON·TCHAD" (Central African Republic, Congo, Gabon Chad) written at the bottom section with Date below it. Reverse: Numerals "50" in the center with "FRANCS" written below it. Privy mint mark on both sides, at the base of numerals "50". Circular Wreath surrounds the Value with knot at the bottom. Mintage: 9,000,000. Minted Years: 1961 and 1962. Engraver: Gabriel Bernard / Lucien Georges Bazor.

Note: ESSAI (pattern) type also exists as KM#E10, having mintage: 1,500.

Obverse: Date at the top. Numeral "100" in the center with "FRANCS" written below it. Date and value within circular design. Reverse: "ETAT DU CAMEROUN" (State of the Cameroon) written at the top section and "PAIX·TRAVAIL·PATRIE" (Peace·Work·Fatherland) written below it. Heads of three Giant Elands facing left in the center with grassland below them. Two Privy mint marks on left side near the border. Engraver initials "GB·L·BAZOR" written at right side in smaller characters. "PEACE·WORK·FATHERLAND" written below the Giant Elands. "BANQUE CENTRALE" (Central Bank) written at the bottom section. Mintage: 4,000,000. Minted Years: 1966, 1967 and 1968. Engraver: Gabriel Bernard / Lucien Georges Bazor.

Note: ESSAI (pattern) type also exists as KM#E11, having mintage: 1,200.

Year: 1967. Weight: 12.05 [12.00g]. Mint: Monnaie de Paris (mintmark: owl). Mintage: 4,000,000.

Year: 1968. Weight: 12.17 [12.00g]. Mint: Monnaie de Paris (mintmark: owl). Mintage: 5,000,000.

Note: ESSAI (pattern) type also exists as KM#E13, having mintage: 1,550 and as KM#E14 in gold with mintage: 6 pieces only.

Note: ESSAI (pattern) type also exists as KM#E15, having mintage: 1,550.

Note: ESSAI (pattern) type also exists as KM#E16 dated 1975, having mintage: 1,700.

Year: 1986. Weight: 6.93g [7.00g]. Mint: Monnaie de Paris (mintmark: dolphin). Mintage: 2,000,000.

Obverse: "CAMEROUN - CAMEROON" (Cameroon) written in French and English at the top. Tribal man standing straight with spear in his left hand in the center. "AM" (African mint) initials at bottom right side of the Tribal man's feet. "PYGMEES" written top to bottom on the left side and "PYGMIES" written bottom to top on the right side of the Tribal man. One star each at the bottom left section and bottom right section near the border. "750 CFA 2005" written at the bottom clockwise (appears upside down).  

Reverse: Elephant face on Africa Map in the center. Value "750 CFA" and "½ AFRICA" written at the left side below the map. "EMISSION MONETAIRE DE L'INSTITUT DE DEVELOPPEMENT DE L'AFRIQUE CENTRALE * IDAC *" (clockwise) starting from 3 o'clock around the map. Mintage: 2,500. Minted Years: One year type. This coin is also made in bi-metallic as X#25a (Copper-nickel center and Brass ring. Weight: 5.25 grams. Diameter: 21.50 mm) with mintage: 2,005 and in Silver as X#25b with mintage of 25 pieces only.

Note: In anthropology, pygmy peoples are ethnic groups whose average height is unusually short. The term pygmyism is used to describe the phenotype of endemic short stature (as opposed to disproportionate dwarfism occurring in isolated cases in a population) for populations in which adult men are on average less than 150 cm (4 ft 11 in) tall.
The term is primarily associated with the African Pygmies, the hunter-gatherers of the Congo basin (comprising the Bambenga, Bambuti and Batwa). The term "pygmoid" is a traditional morphological racial category for the Central African Pygmies, considered a subgroup of the Negroid category. The term "Asiatic Pygmies" has been used of the Negrito populations of Maritime Southeast Asia and other Australoid peoples of short stature. The Taron people of Myanmar are an exceptional case of a "pygmy" population of East Asian phenotype.

Obverse: "CAMEROUN - CAMEROON" (Cameroon) written in French and English at the top. African Primitive Coin "Mambila" (Iron double hoe money) in the center. "AM" (African mint) initials above the Date. Date at the bottom.

Reverse: Elephant face on Africa Map in the center. Value "1500 CFA" and "1 AFRICA" written at the left side below the map. "EMISSION MONETAIRE DE L'INSTITUT DE DEVELOPPEMENT DE L'AFRIQUE CENTRALE * IDAC *" (clockwise) starting from 3 o'clock around the map. Mintage: 2,005. Minted Years: One year type. This coin is also made in Silver as X#26a with mintage of 25 pieces only.

Obverse: "HABEMVS PAPAM BENEDICTVM XVI" written in the top section. Pope Benedict XVI facing straight in the center. "AM" (African mint) initials at the left side near of the ear. "CAMEROUN 4500 CFA 2005" written at the bottom section.

Reverse: Elephant face on Africa Map in the center. Value "3 AFRICA" written at the left side below the map. "EMISSION MONETAIRE DE L'INSTITUT DE DEVELOPPEMENT DE L'AFRIQUE CENTRALE * IDAC *" (clockwise) starting from 3 o'clock around the map. Mintage: 2,005. Minted Years: One year type. This coin is also made in bi-metallic as X#24a (Silver center and Gold plated Silver ring with mintage: 25 and in Silver as X#24b with mintage of 25 pieces only.

Note: Habemus papam ("We have a pope") is the announcement traditionally given by the Protodeacon of the College of Cardinals (the senior cardinal deacon in the College) or by the senior cardinal deacon participating in the papal conclave, in Latin, upon the election of a new pope of the Catholic Church.

Pope Benedict XVI (Latin: Benedictus XVI; Italian: Benedetto XVI; German: Benedikt XVI; born Joseph Aloisius Ratzinger on 16 April 1927) is a senior prelate of the Catholic Church who served as its head and sovereign of the Vatican City State from 19 April 2005 until his resignation in 28 February 2013. Benedict's election as pope occurred in the 2005 papal conclave that followed the death of Pope John Paul II. Benedict chose to be known by the title "Pope Emeritus" upon his resignation. Benedict XVI was elected the 265th pope at the age of 78. He is the oldest person to have been elected pope since Pope Clement XII (1730–40). He served longer as a cardinal before becoming Pope than any Pontiff since Benedict XIII (1724–30). Benedict and his Polish predecessor John Paul II were the first consecutive non-Italian popes since the seven consecutive Frenchmen of the Avignon Papacy (1309–78). The last pope named Benedict was Benedict XV, an Italian who reigned from 1914 to 1922, during World War I (1914–18). Ratzinger chose the pontifical name Benedict, which comes from the Latin word meaning "the blessed", in honour of both Pope Benedict XV and Saint Benedict of Nursia. Pope Benedict XV was pope during the First World War, during which time he passionately pursued peace between the warring nations. St. Benedict of Nursia was the founder of the Benedictine monasteries (most monasteries of the Middle Ages were of the Benedictine order) and the author of the Rule of Saint Benedict, which is still the most influential writing regarding the monastic life of Western Christianity. The Pope explained his choice of name during his first general audience in St. Peter's Square, on 27 April 2005. On 11 February 2013, the Vatican confirmed that Benedict XVI would resign the papacy on 28 February 2013, as a result of his advanced age, becoming the first pope to resign since Gregory XII in 1415. At the age of 85 years and 318 days on the effective date of his retirement, he was the fourth-oldest person to hold the office of pope. The move was unexpected. In modern times, all popes have held office until death. Benedict was the first pope to resign without external pressure since Celestine V in 1294. In his declaration of 10 February 2013, Benedict XVI resigned as "Bishop of Rome, Successor of Saint Peter".

X#31 7500 CFA Francs (5 Africa). Year: 2006. Weight: 12.71g [12.70g]. Metal: Silver plated Brass. Diameter: 30.50 mm. Edge: Reeded / Plain (alternative 5 patches each). Alignment: Medal. Mint: Africa Mint.

Obverse: "CAMEROUN - CAMEROON" (Cameroon) written in French and English at the top. Two wedding rings overlapping in the center top section and blank region below it. Two small wine glasses touching each other on both sides of the wedding ring. Date at the bottom with initial "AM" (African mint) above it.

Reverse: Elephant face on Africa Map in the center. Value "7500 CFA" and "5 AFRICA" written at the left side below the map. "EMISSION MONETAIRE DE L'INSTITUT DE DEVELOPPEMENT DE L'AFRIQUE CENTRALE * IDAC *" (clockwise) starting from 3 o'clock around the map. Mintage: 1,500. Minted Years: One year type. X#31 coin is more thicker than the below 24 Carats Golden coin. This coin is also made in pure silver as X#31b with mintage: 25.

Same Obverse and Reverse details as above coin X#31.

Note: This is a fantastic new issue that invite you to "Personalize YOUR OWN ISSUE !" There is enough space left on the 24 carats Golden version as well as on the Silver plated one (or Pure Silver one) to engrave the name of the 2 spouses or fiancés ! This is cost additional 13 Euro by African Mint. All coins of these programs have a very low mintage, only 1,500 pieces of each type for the "Marriage-Engagement". The "Marriage-Engagement" commemoratives show the highest value ever issued by Africa Mint: 7,500 CFA (5 Africa).

Complete issue by IDAO on Cameroon coins can be seen at: http://www.africamint.com/Cameroon.html