1000 Francs CFA FIFA World Cup 1998

Benin issued this piece under the BCEAO framework, which normally restricts member states from producing independent coinage — commemorative collector issues like this one exist in a legal grey zone, licensed through agreements that allow individual francophone West African nations to mint numismatic pieces without disrupting the shared CFA currency in circulation. France hosted the 1998 tournament, the first World Cup held there since 1938.