1000 Francs CFA Cannabis Sativa

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.