1500 Francs CFA Semperoper

The Semperoper in Dresden was destroyed by Allied bombing in February 1945 and remained a ruin for decades, its reconstruction becoming a politically charged project in East Germany. The rebuilt opera house reopened in 1985 — exactly 150 years after its original inauguration — a date the GDR government leveraged heavily for prestige.

Togo's issuance of this piece is purely a collector vehicle, one of dozens of small-denomination gold minors produced for the world numismatic market bearing no genuine connection to the issuing nation.