Catalog
See full images - free registration
Continue with Google - no registration!
or register with email
Why register? Just to keep bots out of our catalog. Your email stays private - we will never share it or send you anything uninvited. We guarantee you that!
10 000 Francs CFA Mouth of Truth
| Issuer | Republic of Benin |
|---|---|
| Year | 2021 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
| Value | Log in to see details |
| Currency | Log in to see details |
| Composition | Log in to see details |
| Weight | Log in to see details |
| Diameter | Log in to see details |
| Thickness | Log in to see details |
| Shape | Log in to see details |
| Technique | Log in to see details |
| Orientation | Log in to see details |
| Engraver(s) | Log in to see details |
| In circulation to | Log in to see details |
| Reference(s) | Log in to see details |
| Obverse description | Log in to see details |
|---|---|
| Obverse script | Latin |
| Obverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Reverse description | Log in to see details |
| Reverse script | Log in to see details |
| Reverse lettering | 1 KG .999 AG BOCCA DELLA VERITA P. DEGREEF |
| Edge | Log in to see details |
| Mint | Log in to see details |
| Mintage | Log in to see details |
| Additional information |
The "Mouth of Truth" referenced here is the Bocca della Verità, the ancient marble drain cover — most likely a 1st-century Roman work — embedded in the portico of Santa Maria in Cosmedin in Rome. Its popular mythology, that the mouth bites the hands of liars, has no ancient source; the legend appears to be a medieval invention, and the coin's fame in modern pop culture derives almost entirely from a single scene in the 1953 film Roman Holiday. Benin's issuance has no geographic or historical connection to the object whatsoever — this is a bullion-adjacent novelty piece aimed squarely at the European collector market through the standard Republic of Benin licensing arrangement.