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1000 Francs CFA Anubis
| Issuer | Benin (1975-date) |
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| Year | 2024 |
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| Currency | CFA Franc (1945-date) |
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| Reverse description | A highly detailed, coloured effigy of Anubis, the ancient Egyptian jackal-headed deity of the afterlife, is depicted in a powerful frontal stance occupying the majority of the field. The figure is rendered with black ruthenium colouring on the body and head, contrasting dramatically with gold-coloured gilding applied to the elaborate nemes headdress, broad collar, and ornate belt. Anubis holds an ankh symbol in his left hand and a was-sceptre in his raised right hand. The background field is filled with rows of hieroglyphic script rendered in gold tone, evoking an ancient papyrus or temple wall. The inscription ANUBIS appears vertically along the left side of the design, and the specifications 1 OZ AG .999 are inscribed vertically along the right inner border. |
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| Reverse lettering | ANUBIS 1 OZ AG .999 |
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Benin has no meaningful historical connection to Anubis — this is a coin issued under the West African CFA franc system by a country whose territory was the Kingdom of Dahomey, not ancient Egypt. The piece belongs to a well-established genre of collector-market silver, where African CFA-issuing nations license their nominal authority to European bullion dealers who design, mint, and distribute the coins almost entirely outside the issuing country.
The actual striking almost certainly took place in Poland or the Czech Republic.