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1000 Francs CFA Baikal
| Issuer | Republic of Benin |
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| Year | 2011 |
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| Composition | Silver (.925) |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
| Obverse lettering | REPUBLIQUE DU BENIN FRATERNITE JUSTICE TRAVAIL 1000 FRANCS CFA |
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Benin's silver issues from this period were produced under licensing arrangements with the Monnaie de Paris and various European private mints, with the coins having no practical circulation function — they were struck exclusively for the collector market and never intended to reach West African commerce. The CFA franc itself is managed by the BCEAO and pegged to the euro, leaving individual member states with limited independent monetary action; commemorative issues like this one represent one of the few avenues through which a member nation could generate numismatic revenue under its own name.
The Baikal theme — a Siberian lake with no geographic connection to Benin — reflects the period's trend of small nations licensing exotic subjects to attract foreign collectors.