Cameroon – 2024 – 500 Francs – Sombrero Galaxy (Reach the sky in your hand)

Description

The Sombrero Galaxy cuts a shadow-like silhouette across space, with
its narrow, glowing core and sweeping dust ring. This contrast inspired the coins
in the “Galaxies” series by Mennica Polska. A central magnifying lens invites closer
observation, revealing layered structure in photographic detail. A collector’s tribute
to astronomy – and the human instinct to look beyond the visible.
“The cosmos is all that is,
or ever was,
or ever will be.”
Carl Sagan