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1000 Francs CFA Zebra
| Issuer | Benin (1975-date) |
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| Year | 2001 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Obverse lettering | REPUBLIQUE DU BENIN FRATERNITE JUSTICE TRAVAIL 1000 FRANCS CFA |
| Reverse description | The reverse depicts two zebras in a naturalistic savannah setting, rendered in finely detailed high relief. The larger zebra in the left field is shown grazing with its head lowered, its characteristic bold striping meticulously engraved, while a second zebra stands alert in the right middle ground. Sparse acacia trees and scrub vegetation occupy the background, conveying an authentic African landscape. The legend ESPECES EN DANGER arcs around the upper periphery, with the species name ZEBRE inscribed along the lower border. The date 2001 appears in the lower right field. |
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Benin's CFA franc coinage issued under its own national identity is largely a product of the collector market rather than circulation — the country conducts everyday transactions through the West African CFA franc system administered by the BCEAO, leaving individual member states to issue commemorative silver almost exclusively for export sale. This zebra piece is one of dozens of wildlife-themed issues produced for Benin by European minting houses during the early 2000s, a period when several small CFA-zone nations discovered that their nominal issuing authority could generate hard currency revenue through numismatic programs.
KM#64 has no particular production anomaly on record.