The monetary unit of the Republic of Benin is the franc. There are coins in circulation in denominations of 1, 5, 10, 25, 50, 100, 200, 250, 500 francs. Coins with representatives of the animal world, airplanes, plant series, cars and outstanding personalities of the world are minted, and the reverse of almost all of them - silver and nickel, colored and plain, flavored and regular - is the same: the coat of arms of the independent Republic of Benin.