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500 Francs CFA FIFA World Cup 1994
| Issuer | Bank of Central African States (BEAC) |
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| Year | 1991 |
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| Currency | CFA franc (Bank of Central African States, 1973-date) |
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| Reverse description | A dynamic football scene dominates the field, depicting a forward player in mid-stride approaching a goal defended by a goalkeeper in a diving save position, with a football suspended above at the top of the field and a goal net rendered in fine detail behind both figures. The issue year 1991 appears to the left in the lower field. The legend XVe COUPE MONDIALE 1994 is inscribed centrally in the lower field, with ÉTATS-UNIS D'AMÉRIQUE arcing along the right-hand peripheral legend, commemorating the 15th FIFA World Cup held in the United States. |
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| Edge | Smooth |
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The BEAC issued this piece in 1991 as part of a wave of commemorative silver struck by Francophone African monetary authorities in the early 1990s — a period when such bodies discovered that FIFA licensing offered a reliable export revenue stream largely disconnected from domestic circulation. The coin was never intended for use in Chad, Cameroon, Gabon, or any of the other BEAC member states; it was produced for the collector and bullion markets of Europe and North America.
The three-year gap between striking date and the 1994 tournament it commemorates is characteristic of this licensing arrangement.