Benin's commemorative program is run through the Banque Centrale des États de l'Afrique de l'Ouest and largely contracted to European private mints — this piece almost certainly produced in Poland or the Czech Republic, as is typical of the collector-market issues bearing the BCEAO imprimatur. The "Fireworks of Victory" theme references Allied victory commemorations, though Benin itself — as the French colonial territory of Dahomey — had no independent role in World War II, its soldiers having served under the French Expeditionary Forces.
Struck for the collector market exclusively. No meaningful circulation history exists.
Benin's commemorative program is run through the Banque Centrale des États de l'Afrique de l'Ouest and largely contracted to European private mints — this piece almost certainly produced in Poland or the Czech Republic, as is typical of the collector-market issues bearing the BCEAO imprimatur. The "Fireworks of Victory" theme references Allied victory commemorations, though Benin itself — as the French colonial territory of Dahomey — had no independent role in World War II, its soldiers having served under the French Expeditionary Forces.
Struck for the collector market exclusively. No meaningful circulation history exists.