Front: Coat of arms (1964-1975, readopted in 1990)
with incuse texted motto: FRATERNITE JUSTICE TRAVAIL
(translated: Brotherhood, Justice, Work)
above (arced value) 1500
legend: (above, state name) REPUBLIQUE DU BÉNIN
(below, currency) FRANCS CFA
(Communauté Financière Africaine,
translated: African Financial Community)
Back: French President Charles De Gaulle (front, 1959-1969)
* 22 November 1890 Lille, France
⚭ (1921) Yvonne de Gaulle (22.V.1900-8.XI.1979, 3 children)
✝ 9 November 1970 (aged 79) Colombey-les-Deux-Églises, France
buried: Colombey-les-Deux-Églises, France
infront of Arc de Triomphe (1836)
below (arced life years) 1890-1970
legend: (upper-right, name) CHARLES DE GAULLE
(low-left, small year) 2010
Edge: G - grained, type: bars
