Catalog
See full images - free registration
Continue with Google - no registration!
or register with email
Why register? Just to keep bots out of our catalog. Your email stays private - we will never share it or send you anything uninvited. We guarantee you that!
1000 Francs
| Issuer | Banque Centrale des États de l'Afrique de l'Ouest |
|---|---|
| Year | 1959-1965 |
| Type | Log in to see details |
| Value | Log in to see details |
| Currency | Log in to see details |
| Composition | Cotton paper |
| Size | Log in to see details |
| Shape | Log in to see details |
| Printer | Log in to see details |
| Designer(s) | Log in to see details |
| Engraver(s) | Log in to see details |
| In circulation to | Log in to see details |
| Reference(s) | Log in to see details |
| Obverse description | Log in to see details |
|---|---|
| Obverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Reverse description | Log in to see details |
| Reverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Signature(s) | 1959 - Robert Tézenas du Montcel and Robert Julienne 1961 - Robert Tézenas du Montcel and Robert Julienne 1961 - Bertin Borna and Robert Julienne 1965 - Bamba Ould Yezid and Robert Julienne ND - Mohamed Salem Ould M'Khaitirat and Robert Julienne ND - Tiémoko Marc Garango and Robert Julienne ND - Babacar Ba and Robert Julienne ND - Jean Tevi and Robert Julienne ND - Edem Kodjo and Robert Julienne ND - Edem Kodjo and Abdoulaye Fadiga ND - Henri Konan Bédié and Abdoulaye Fadiga ND - Isidore Amoussou and Abdoulaye Fadiga ND - Léonard Kalmogo and Abdoulaye Fadiga |
| Protection type | Log in to see details |
| Protection description | Log in to see details |
| Variants | P#803Ta - Engraved. 17.9.1959. P#803Tb - 20.3.1961. P#803Tc - 20.3.1961. P#803Te - 2.3.1965. P#803Tf - ND. P#803Tg - ND. P#803Th - Litho. ND. P#803Ti - ND. P#803Tj - ND. P#803Tk - ND. P#803Tl - ND. P#803Tm - ND. P#803Tn - ND. P#803To - ND. |
| Comments |
The BCEAO was established in 1959 to manage the CFA franc across the newly independent West African states, and this 1000-franc note bridges the colonial monetary apparatus and the post-independence one — Robert Julienne's signature persisted across every pairing in this series, anchoring continuity through a remarkable succession of political appointees from at least eight different member states. Thirteen distinct signature combinations documented for a single Pick number is unusual even by West African federation standards.
The Banque de France's facility at Chamalières printed CFA notes well into the post-independence decades — the physical production of these notes never left France despite the sovereignty transfer the institution nominally embodied.