Togo's early 2000s collector issues were produced under the West African CFA franc system, though the country had no independent minting authority — these pieces were struck by contract mints in Europe and bear no practical relationship to Togolese monetary circulation. The "Preussen" designation places this within a series honoring Prussian historical subjects, an unusual editorial choice for a West African issuer that reflects the collector-market arbitrage common to CFA-denominated commemoratives of this period.
KM#40 is one of several Togolese issues from this year where the nominal face value was never legal tender in any meaningful transactional sense.
Togo's early 2000s collector issues were produced under the West African CFA franc system, though the country had no independent minting authority — these pieces were struck by contract mints in Europe and bear no practical relationship to Togolese monetary circulation. The "Preussen" designation places this within a series honoring Prussian historical subjects, an unusual editorial choice for a West African issuer that reflects the collector-market arbitrage common to CFA-denominated commemoratives of this period.
KM#40 is one of several Togolese issues from this year where the nominal face value was never legal tender in any meaningful transactional sense.