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1000 Francs CFA Vysotskiy with Wife
| Issuer | Benin (1975-date) |
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| Year | 2020 |
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| Value | 1000 Francs CFA |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
| Obverse lettering | REPUBLIQUE DU BENIN FRATERNITE JUSTICE TRAVAIL 1000 FRANCS CFA (Translation: Republic of Benin Brotherhood Justice Work) |
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Vladimir Vysotsky died in July 1980 during the Moscow Olympics, when Soviet authorities — unwilling to interrupt the games with a state funeral — suppressed public announcement of his death. Hundreds of thousands still gathered spontaneously at the Taganka Theatre. His wife, the French actress Marina Vlady, documented their relationship in her 1990 memoir and was with him in his final years despite Soviet bureaucratic obstacles to their marriage that took years to resolve.
Benin's CFA-denominated collector series has served as a vehicle for Russian cultural subjects since the early 2000s, issues produced by European minting houses for the international numismatic market rather than domestic circulation.