2500 Francs Abolition of Slavery

Benin's 2007 commemorative issues were produced almost entirely for the international collector market through licensing arrangements with the Monnaie de Paris and private minting intermediaries — few if any entered circulation within the country itself. The abolition theme references France's 1848 decree under the Second Republic, which formally ended slavery in its colonies, including the territory then known as Dahomey.

The X# prefix in Krause assigns this to the "Unusual World Coins" catalog, indicating a non-circulating or privately commissioned piece outside the main national series.