1000 Francs CFA World Cup Soccer

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.