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1000 Francs CFA St. Petersburg Lighthouse
| Issuer | Government of Benin |
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| Year | 2012 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
| Obverse lettering | REPUBLIQUE DU BENIN FRATERNITE JUSTICE TRAVAIL 1000 FRANCS CFA (Translation: Republic of Benin Fraternity Justice Work 1000 Francs CFA) |
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Benin's franc CFA coinage has long been issued not for circulation but for the international collector market, with the government licensing designs through European distributors — most commonly through firms in Germany and Poland. This lighthouse series, struck at the Saint Petersburg Mint in Russia, is part of a broader wave of sub-Saharan African collector issues that proliferated in the 2000s and 2010s, bearing little connection to the issuing nation beyond the legal authority to produce a coin under its name.
The Saint Petersburg Mint, one of Russia's oldest surviving state mints, struck numerous foreign collector pieces during this period as part of commercial contracts.