1000 Francs

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.