1000 Francs CFA Lindau Lighthouse

Features

Location BeninBenin (1975-date)
Issuing company CIT
Period Republic (1990-date)
Type Non-circulating coin
Year 2012
Value 1000 Francs CFA
Currency CFA Franc (1945-date)
Composition Silver (.925)
Weight 20 g
Diameter 38.61 mm
Shape Round
Technique Milled, coloured
Orientation Medal alignment ↑↑
Number
N#
165896
References KM# 92
Tracy L. Schmidt (editor); 2019. Standard Catalog of World Coins / 2001-Date (14th edition). Krause Publications, Stevens Point, Wisconsin, United States.
And 5 more volumes.

Commemorative issue

Lindau Lighthouse

Series: Lighthouse in the world

Obverse

Coat of arms of Benin, denomination below.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
REPUBLIQUE DU BENIN
FRATERNITE JUSTICE TRAVAIL
1000
FRANCS CFA

Translation:
Republic of Benin
Fraternity Justice Work
1000
Francs CFA

Reverse

The motif presents the Lindau Lighthouse.
The location of the lighthouse in Germany’s south is marked by a coloured element, with the name of the lighthouse and the country inscribed in French along the edge.
Bottom left shows the year of issue (2012).

Script: Latin

Lettering: LINDAU ALLEMAGNE

Translation: Lindau Germany

Edge

Reeded

Mint

B. H. Mayer Kunstprageanstalt, Karlsfeld, Germany (1999-date)

Comments

Considered one of the most beautiful active lighthouses in the world, the Lindau Lighthouse stands at 108 feet tall on Lake Constance at the entrance to the harbour of Lindau. Built between 1853 and 1856, it is Germany’s southernmost lighthouse and replaced an older light tower constructed in 1230. The new lighthouse was first lit on October 4, 1856, by an open oil fire, and over time, converted to kerosene and then gas. In 1936, it began operating electrically and became fully automated in the early 1990s. Today, the lighthouse is lit on demand by approaching ships using radio signals.

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Date Mintage VG F VF XF AU UNC
2012  2 500

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