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1000 Francs CFA Elephant of Benin Gilded
| Issuer | Benin (1975-date) |
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| Year | 2014 |
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| Composition | Silver (.999) |
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| Obverse description | A large, highly detailed gilded effigy of an African elephant dominates the centre of the field, depicted facing left with tusks prominently displayed and standing amid tall savannah grasses rendered in fine relief. The elephant is finished in selective gold gilding, contrasting sharply against the mirror-polished silver field. Surrounding the central motif is a border of twelve smaller gilded elephant figures in various poses. The curved legend reads PROTECTION DE LA NATURE - ELEPHANT DU BENIN along the upper arc, with the date 2014 and the fineness mark 1 oz AG 999 inscribed in the lower field. |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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Benin has no functioning mint of its own; these issues are produced under license by European private mints — primarily in Germany and Poland — and authorized through the West African Economic and Monetary Union framework, which technically controls the CFA franc. The gilding on this type is applied selectively after striking, a post-mint finish that varies in coverage consistency across the production run.