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500 Francs CFA Around The World In 80 Days
| Issuer | Benin (1975-date) |
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| Year | 2022 |
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| Value | 500 Francs CFA |
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| Obverse description | The silver centre features the national coat of arms of Benin, displaying a quartered shield supported by two leopards rampant, with a ship and palm tree in the lower quarters and a star and crossed arrows in the upper quarters. The year of issue 2022 appears above the arms within the silver field. The legend REPUBLIQUE DU BENIN arcs along the upper periphery of the silver centre, while the denomination 500 FRANCS CFA is inscribed below the shield. The copper outer ring displays a radiating sunburst or engine-turned decorative pattern. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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Jules Verne published Around the World in Eighty Days in 1872 as a serialized novel in Le Temps, timed to coincide with real improvements in global transit — the Suez Canal had opened in 1869, and the First Transcontinental Railroad in 1869 as well. Benin's CFA franc issues of this type are struck under license by the European minting trade, with Benin functioning essentially as an issuing authority on paper while production and distribution run through private numismatic circuits entirely outside domestic circulation.