500 Francs CFA Vreneli

Features

Issuer	Benin › Benin (1975-date)
Period	Republic (1990-date)
Type	Non-circulating coins
Year	1997
Value	500 Francs CFA
Currency	CFA Franc (1945-date)
Composition	Silver (.999)
Weight	6 g
Shape	Round
Technique	Milled
Orientation	Medal alignment ↑↑
Number	N# 47508
References	Schön# 42 Battenberg Gietl Verlag (publisher). Weltmünzkatalog. Battenberg Gietl Verlag, Regenstauf, Bavaria, Germany (4 volumes). , KM# A48 Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes).

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Commemorative issue

100th Anniversary of Swiss Gold Coinage

Obverse

Coat of arms at centre, with country name above and value below

Script: Latin

Lettering:
REPUBLIQUE DU BENIN
FRATERNITE JUSTICE TRAVAIL
500
FRANCS CFA

Translation:
Republic of Benin
Brotherhood Justice Work

Reverse

Negative engraving of the vreneli, obverse and reverse half superimposed, dates below. Automatically translated

Script: Latin

Lettering:
CENTENAIRE SUISSE DU VRENELI
1897/1997

Edge

Plain

Mint

Empresa Cubana de Acuñaciones, Havana, Cuba

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Date			Mintage		VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
Undetermined
1997			400							$ 52		Proof

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Bullion value: USD 14.12 Search tips

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Actual silver weight: 0.193 oz

Current silver price: 73.28 USD/oz (see silver price

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