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1000 Francs CFA Zebra
| Issuer | Benin (1975-date) |
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| Year | 2001 |
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| Composition | Silver (.999) |
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| Obverse description | The obverse features the national coat of arms of Benin at centre, depicting a quartered shield supported by two leopards rampant, surmounted by a star and a scroll bearing the national motto. The legend REPUBLIQUE DU BENIN arcs around the upper field, while the motto FRATERNITE JUSTICE TRAVAIL appears on the scroll beneath the shield. The denomination 1000 FRANCS CFA is inscribed in the lower field in bold raised lettering. The design is executed in high relief against a mirror-polished proof field. |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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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.