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1500 Francs CFA Standing Genius
| Issuer | Togo |
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| Year | 2012 |
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| Value | 1500 Francs CFA |
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| Reverse description | The reverse depicts the French Winged Genius, shown as a classically draped female figure with wings, seated and leaning over a writing tablet or book, rendered in finely detailed low relief in the Marianne allegorical tradition. The curved legend 'GÉNIE AILÉ FRANCAIS' arcs across the upper field. The inscriptions '1/2 G .9999 OR PUR' and the date '2012' appear in the right field, denoting the weight, fineness, and year of issue. |
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| Mintage | 2012 - Proof - 5,000 |
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Togo's franc CFA coinage is issued under the West African Economic and Monetary Union, meaning Lomé has no independent monetary policy — these pieces are essentially licensed products, their designs approved through a framework that gives individual member states limited but real latitude for commemorative issues. The 0.5g format places this squarely in the fractional bullion novelty category that gained commercial traction in the early 2010s, driven largely by European collector-coin distributors rather than any domestic Togolese demand.