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1000 Francs CFA Walter Scheel
| Issuer | Togo |
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| Year | 2004 |
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| Technique | Milled |
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| Obverse lettering | REPUBLIQUE TOGOLAISE TRAVAIL LIBERTE PATRIE RT 1000 FRANCS (Translation: Togolese Republic Labour Freedom Homeland) |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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Walter Scheel served as West Germany's Foreign Minister before becoming Federal President in 1974, but his lasting diplomatic achievement came earlier: he was the chief architect of Willy Brandt's Ostpolitik, steering the negotiations that produced the 1970 Moscow Treaty and normalized relations with the Soviet bloc. Togo's issuance of a coin honoring a German statesman reflects the broader phenomenon of African CFA-zone nations producing collector-targeted foreign commemoratives throughout the 2000s — issues with no domestic circulation intent, minted almost entirely for the European numismatic market.