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1000 Francs CFA Ludwig Erhard
| Issuer | Togo |
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| Year | 2004 |
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| Weight | 15 g |
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| Obverse lettering | REPUBLIQUE TOGOLAISE TRAVAIL LIBERTE PATRIE RT 1000 FRANCS (Translation: Togolese Republic Labour Freedom Homeland) |
| Reverse description | The reverse features a gilt effigy of Ludwig Erhard in high relief at the centre, depicted as a bare-headed portrait in three-quarter profile facing left, with the gold-plated finish contrasting sharply against the mirror-polished silver field. Surrounding the portrait in concentric arcs is a detailed chronological legend enumerating Erhard's principal offices of state, rendered in smaller Latin lettering. The name LUDWIG ERHARD appears in large raised letters along the lower periphery, and the word BUNDESKANZLER is prominently inscribed in bold relief across the upper field, serving as the principal reverse legend. |
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Ludwig Erhard served as West Germany's Economics Minister from 1949 and is credited with designing the social market economy that underpinned the postwar Wirtschaftswunder. Togo, a former German protectorate until 1914, issued this piece as part of a broader series of commemorative francs CFA produced through European minting intermediaries — coins effectively sold to collectors abroad rather than circulated domestically.
The KM# 107 attribution places it within a cluster of Togolese issues from this period that were licensed through the Bavarian State Mint and similar contractors.