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1000 Francs CFA World Cup Soccer
| Issuer | Benin (1975-date) |
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| Year | 1996 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | A colorfully enameled scene depicts two football players in contest — one wearing a yellow jersey and green shorts, the other in a red jersey and blue socks — contesting possession near a football on a green grass ground line. The legend XVI COUPE MONDIALE arcs along the upper periphery. The inscription FRANCE / 1998 appears in the right field, while the year of issue 1996 is positioned at the lower left. |
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Benin's sporting commemoratives of the 1990s were produced under license arrangements typical of small Francophone African nations with no domestic mint — struck almost certainly by the Monnaie de Paris or a contracted European facility, then sold primarily into the collector market rather than circulated. The 1996 date ties this to the FIFA World Cup held in the United States, a tournament notable for being the highest-attended World Cup on record.
Benin itself has never qualified for a World Cup finals. The coin's existence is purely a revenue instrument.