Catalog
See full images - free registration
Continue with Google - no registration!
or register with email
Why register? Just to keep bots out of our catalog. Your email stays private - we will never share it or send you anything uninvited. We guarantee you that!
1000 Francs CFA World Cup Soccer
| Issuer | Republic of Benin |
|---|---|
| Year | 1992 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
| Value | Log in to see details |
| Currency | Log in to see details |
| Composition | Log in to see details |
| Weight | Log in to see details |
| Diameter | Log in to see details |
| Thickness | Log in to see details |
| Shape | Log in to see details |
| Technique | Log in to see details |
| Orientation | Log in to see details |
| Engraver(s) | Log in to see details |
| In circulation to | Log in to see details |
| Reference(s) | Log in to see details |
| Obverse description | Log in to see details |
|---|---|
| Obverse script | Latin |
| Obverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Reverse description | The reverse presents a dynamic depiction of a male footballer in mid-kick, his raised leg propelling a soccer ball in the upper right of the field, set against a stylised silhouette skyline of an American city. To the left, the ordinal designation XVe identifies the tournament as the fifteenth FIFA World Cup, while the year 1994 appears to the right. The upper legend ETATS-UNIS D'AMERIQUE arcs along the periphery, with COUPE MONDIALE inscribed along the lower border. The issuer legend REPUBLIQUE DU BENIN and the minting year 1992 appear in the lower field. |
| Reverse script | Log in to see details |
| Reverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Edge | Log in to see details |
| Mint | Log in to see details |
| Mintage | Log in to see details |
| Additional information |
Benin had no particular footballing stake in the 1994 World Cup cycle — the national team has never qualified for a FIFA World Cup — making this a straightforward numismatic export product rather than a piece tied to any domestic sporting moment. The Republic of Benin, like several small West African CFA franc states in the early 1990s, licensed its minting authority to produce commemorative issues for the international collector market, with the coins rarely if ever circulating within the country itself.