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1000 Francs CFA Tyrannosaurus Rex
| Issuer | Benin (1975-date) |
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| Year | 1994 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Obverse description | The national arms of Benin displayed at center, comprising a quartered shield bearing a castle and mountains in the upper left, a star of Order in the upper right, a palm tree in the lower left, and a sailing ship in the lower right. Two leopards serve as supporters flanking the shield, with a buffalo head and crossed horns as the crest above. A scroll at the base carries the national motto FRATERNITE JUSTICE TRAVAIL. The legend REPUBLIQUE DU BENIN arcs along the upper periphery, and the denomination 1000 FRANCS CFA appears in the lower field below the scroll. |
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| Obverse lettering | REPUBLIQUE DU BENIN FRATERNITE JUSTICE TRAVAIL 1000 FRANCS CFA |
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Benin — officially the Republic of Benin since 1990, having shed the Marxist-Leninist name "People's Republic of Benin" — issued this piece under the auspices of the CFA franc zone, though it was never intended for circulation. By the early 1990s, several small CFA member states had begun contracting foreign mints to produce silver and bimetallic collector issues under their sovereign authority, effectively licensing their name to numismatic novelty programs with little connection to domestic monetary policy. Benin was among the most prolific participants.
The Tyrannosaurus rex subject places this squarely in a wave of dinosaur-themed issues that flooded the collector market between roughly 1993 and 1997, originating from Pacific island nations and African franc-zone states alike.