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1000 Francs CFA Canonization Day of Four Popes

Issuer Benin (1975-date)
Year 2014
Type Non-circulating coin
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Obverse lettering REPUBLIQUE DU BENIN
FRATERNITE JUSTICE TRAVAIL
1000
FRANCS CFA
Reverse description The reverse presents four portrait effigies of the canonized popes arranged in a cruciform composition around a central ornate architectural column: Pope John XXIII and Pope John Paul II appear in the upper left and upper right respectively, rendered in high relief as busts in papal vestments, while Popes Francis and Benedict XVI appear in the lower field facing each other in profile. Decorative olive branches flank the lower composition. The curved legend 'THE HISTORICAL DAY 27.04.2014' arcs along the upper periphery, commemorating the historic dual canonization ceremony held in Vatican City on 27 April 2014.
Reverse script Latin
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