1000 Francs CFA Honey Bee

Togo's CFA franc issues of this period were struck under licensing arrangements typical of the broader West African Economic and Monetary Union, but collector-targeted silver pieces like this one were produced entirely outside the BCEAO's normal monetary operations — commissioned through private minting arrangements and never intended for circulation. The honey bee subject places this among a wave of early-2000s wildlife-themed issues from francophone African states, most struck at the Monnaie de Paris or by private European minters on behalf of governments that retained nominal issuing authority.