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200 Francs CFA Sydney Olympics
| Issuer | Benin (1975-date) |
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| Year | 1999 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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Benin has no independent monetary authority and strikes no coins through any central bank of its own — all such issues are licensing arrangements with private mints, typically Pobjoy or the Monnaie de Paris, producing pieces with no realistic prospect of circulation. This 1999 Sydney Olympics issue falls squarely into that category: a commemorative struck for the international collector market, timed to the pre-Games merchandising window that flooded dealer stocks worldwide in the late 1990s.
Benin is a member of the West African Economic and Monetary Union, which uses the CFA franc issued by the BCEAO. Collector pieces denominated in CFA francs but struck outside that system have no formal tender status within the union.