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1000 Francs CFA Willy Brandt
| Issuer | Togo |
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| Year | 2004 |
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| Weight | 15 g |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | A gilt applied effigy of Willy Brandt, Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany, is depicted in right-facing bust portrait at the centre of the field. The surrounding field carries a densely arranged circular biographical legend in raised Latin lettering, recounting the key offices and honours of Brandt's political career, including his tenures as Bundestag deputy, Governing Mayor of West Berlin, SPD party chairman, Federal Foreign Minister, Federal Chancellor, and recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize in 1971. The name 'WILLY BRANDT' is inscribed in large letters along the lower arc, with 'BUNDESKANZLER' prominent across the upper field. The gilt portrait contrasts sharply with the mirror-polished proof fields. |
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Togo's CFA franc issues of the early 2000s were produced under a licensing arrangement that allowed the country to mint commemorative silver pieces well outside the scope of its actual circulating currency — Togo being a member of the West African CFA franc zone and holding no independent monetary authority. The Brandt issue belongs to a wave of Togolese-licensed commemoratives struck by European mints, primarily targeting the collector market rather than circulation in West Africa.
Brandt's 1970 genuflection at the Warsaw Ghetto memorial remains the biographical touchstone most commonly cited on such issues.