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| 正面描述 | The national coat of arms of Togo is rendered at centre, depicting two rampant lions flanking a central cogwheel device bearing the monogram 'RT', surmounted by two crossed national flags each inscribed with the mottoes 'Travail' and 'Patrie', joined by a ribbon bearing 'Liberté'. The country name 'RÉPUBLIQUE TOGOLAISE' is inscribed in two lines as a legend across the upper field. The denomination '5000 FRANCS CFA' appears in two lines in the lower field. |
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| 背面描述 | A full-length figure of Pope John Paul II is depicted in profile facing left, rendered in high relief, robed in papal vestments including a cassock, pellegrina, and zucchetto, his head slightly bowed in a contemplative posture. To the left stands a leafless, bare winter tree, its intricate branches filling the upper-left portion of the field. In the lower background, a silhouetted cityscape featuring the dome of St. Peter's Basilica and other ecclesiastical architecture is visible against a frosted field. The legend '100 ANS PAPE JEAN-PAUL II' and the date '2020' appear in the upper right field, with the fineness and weight inscription '5 OZ AG .9999' along the lower exergue. |
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Togo has no meaningful historical connection to John Paul II — he never visited the country, and the Catholic population there, while present, was never a particular focus of his pontificate. This is a bullion-adjacent commemorative produced squarely for the collector market, one of dozens of similar issues bearing his likeness that flooded the market following his 2014 canonization. The West African CFA franc zone nations, Togo among them, have issued a large volume of these face-value-nominal silver pieces under licensing arrangements that effectively outsource their coin programs to European minting and marketing intermediaries.
The 155.5g specification corresponds to a standard 5 troy ounce planchet.