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1000 Francs CFA Cannabis Sativa
| Issuer | Banque Centrale des États de l'Afrique de l'Ouest (BCEAO) |
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| Year | 2010 |
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| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
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| Obverse lettering | REPUBLIQUE DU BENIN FRATERNITE JUSTICE TRAVAIL 1000 FRANCS CFA |
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| Mintage | 2010 - Proof - 999 |
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The BCEAO issues commemorative silver pieces under the umbrella of member states — this one attributed to Guinea-Bissau, which joined the West African Economic and Monetary Union in 1997 after decades outside the franc zone. The subject matter is botanical rather than political: Cannabis sativa as an agricultural and pharmacological specimen, part of a broader numismatic trend in the 2000s of issuing plant-series coins aimed squarely at European collector markets rather than domestic circulation.
Guinea-Bissau never circulated pieces like this. Struck for export from the moment of minting.