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1000 Francs CFA Peace and Love
| Issuer | Benin (1975-date) |
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| Year | 2019 |
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| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
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| Obverse description | The national coat of arms of Benin occupies the central field, featuring a quartered shield supported by two leopards rampant. The shield displays a castle, a star, a palm tree, and a sailing vessel in its four quarters, surmounted by a buffalo head crest. A ribbon below the shield bears the national motto in the legend: FRATERNITE JUSTICE TRAVAIL. The country name REPUBLIQUE DU BENIN arcs along the upper periphery, while the denomination 1000 FRANCS CFA is inscribed at the base of the coin. |
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| Reverse lettering | PEACE LOVE HOPE FAITH JOY KINDNESS |
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Benin's modern commemorative program has operated largely through the Monnaie de Paris and various private minting intermediaries, producing collector-market pieces with no circulation intent whatsoever. The BCEAO franc, the actual currency of Benin and seven other West African states, is administered collectively from Dakar — meaning Benin has no independent monetary authority and issues coins of this type purely as licensed numismatic merchandise.
KM#164 sits in a long run of themed issues from this program with negligible documentary numismatic history behind the specific release.