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500 Francs CFA Pope Pius XI
| Issuer | Banque Centrale des États de l'Afrique de l'Ouest (BCEAO) |
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| Year | 2014 |
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| Value | 500 Francs CFA |
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| Obverse description | The coat of arms of the Republic of Benin occupies the central field, depicting a quartered shield supported by two leopards rampant, the dexter supporter facing sinister. The shield displays a castle tower and a Maltese cross in the upper quarters, with a palm tree and a sailing vessel in the lower quarters. A scrolled ribbon below bears the national motto in the legend. The circular legend reads REPUBLIQUE DU BENIN along the upper periphery, while the denomination 500 FRANCS CFA appears in bold relief at the base of the field. |
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| Obverse lettering | REPUBLIQUE DU BENIN FRATERNITE JUSTICE TRAVAIL 500 FRANCS CFA |
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Pope Pius XI died in February 1939, just days before he was to deliver a speech widely expected to directly condemn Nazi racial ideology — a document later published posthumously as Humani Generis Unitas. The BCEAO's commemorative program has long issued silver pieces tied to figures with no geographic connection to West Africa, a practice driven entirely by the secondary collector market rather than any regional historical relationship.