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5000 Francs CFA Crocodile
| Issuer | Benin (1975-date) |
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| Year | 2018 |
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| Shape | Round |
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| Reverse description | The reverse presents a dramatic naturalistic scene depicting two crocodiles in their aquatic habitat rendered in finely detailed high relief. A large crocodile occupies the lower foreground, shown in three-quarter view with its scaly hide, clawed forelimbs, and open jaws rendered in meticulous detail, while a second crocodile emerges from the water in the middle ground. A riverside landscape with vegetation and a rising sun forms the background. The arc legend PRECIOUS NATURE - CROCODILE runs along the upper periphery, flanked by a hexagonal Black Premium Collection cartouche at the top. The date 2018 and the fineness and weight inscription .999 FINE SILVER 5 OZ appear in the lower field. |
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| Reverse lettering | PRECIOUS NATURE - CROCODILE Black Premium Collection 2018 .999 FINE SILVER 5 OZ |
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Benin issues coins through the Banque Centrale des États de l'Afrique de l'Ouest, the West African regional central bank that has administered the CFA franc zone since 1962 — meaning no coin carries Beninese monetary policy in any independent sense. The denomination printed here has never circulated in Benin; these are fiscal instruments sold directly to the collector market, with the issuing state receiving a licensing fee.
At 155.52 grams, this is a five-troy-ounce format, a weight class that became standard in the high-premium African novelty coin trade during the 2010s.