Please check edge inscription

Discussion about Central African States • 500 Francs CFA

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Anybody with this coin in their collection, could you please check your edge inscription?

 

It should say CEMAC eight times, and I can see that on my coin… kind of… It's written in mirror writing and I'm curious if all the coins are like this and it just went unnoticed by everyone.

 

Also, my example weighs in at 9,23g (Numista says 10,0g / UCoin says 9,24g). I don't like UCoin but in this case it seems they are more correct.

 

Anyways, I hope the edge writing can be sorted out.

Thanks!

Here is what I observed about the edge on the 2006 coin:

 

"CEMAC*CEMAC*etc";  CEMAC upside down on every second

 

Edit: I just saw, that you are asking about the 2024 coin, which I don't have! Sorry.

Globetrotter
Coin varieties in French:
https://monnaiesetvarietes.numista.com

Do you mean the edge looks like this?

NO, like this:

Globetrotter
Coin varieties in French:
https://monnaiesetvarietes.numista.com

That's what I thought but the OP said theirs were a mirror image and they're not.

The OP is actually right

 

The CEMAC etc. is also written in the vertical lines! That made me to misinterpret, but I had the coin in my hands and saw I was mistaken.

Globetrotter
Coin varieties in French:
https://monnaiesetvarietes.numista.com

Indeed: The 2024 coin has 5 plain and 5 reeded sections. The letters CEMAC are written 8 times around the edge, alternating upright and upside down. Because there are only 8 words for 10 sections the letters seem to be placed randomly over the plain sections and reeded sections alike.

 

But a mistake is made, instead of CEMAC, there is written ƆAMƎƆ, upside down this gives CEWⱯC, and so the writing around the edge looks like this:

 

ƆAMƎƆ  CEWⱯC  ƆAMƎƆ  CEWⱯC  ƆAMƎƆ  CEWⱯC  ƆAMƎƆ  CEWⱯC

 

Hope this helps, I did the best I could to describe the ‘mirror’ effect seen in the edge writing.

Forgot that a picture is worth a thousand words 🙃

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