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100 Francs Independence
| Issuer | Dahomey (1960-1975) |
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| Year | 1971 |
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| Value | 100 Francs CFA |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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Dahomey struck this coin to mark the eleventh anniversary of independence from France, achieved on August 1, 1960. The issue was never intended for circulation — produced for the international collector market at a moment when newly independent African states were generating revenue through commemorative programs sold abroad. Dahomey itself had virtually no numismatic infrastructure of its own; the pieces were struck under contract in Europe.
The republic lasted only until 1975, when Mathieu Kérékou's Marxist-Leninist government renamed the country Benin, making the Dahomey issuing authority short-lived by any measure.