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1000 Francs
| Issuer | Banque Centrale des États de l'Afrique de l'Ouest |
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| Year | 1959-1965 |
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| Currency | CFA franc (1958-date) |
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| Reverse lettering | BANQUE CENTRALE DES ÉTATS DE L'AFRIQUE DE L'OUEST 1000 LES AUTEURS OU COMPLICES DE FALSIFICATION OU DE CONTREFAÇON DE BILLETS DE BANQUE SERONT PUNIS CONFORMÉMENT AUX LOIS ET ACTES EN VIGUEUR |
| Signature(s) | 1959 - Robert Tézenas du Montcel and Robert Julienne 1961 - Robert Tézenas du Montcel and Robert Julienne 1961 - Bertin Borna and Robert Julienne 1961 - Bamba Ould Yezid and Robert Julienne 1961 - Mohamed Salem Ould M'Khaitirat and Robert Julienne 1965 - Tiémoko Marc Garango and Robert Julienne 1965 - Babacar Ba and Robert Julienne 1965 - Jean Tevi and Robert Julienne 1965 - Edem Kodjo and Robert Julienne 1965 - Edem Kodjo and Abdoulaye Fadiga 1965 - Henri Konan Bédié and Abdoulaye Fadiga 1965 - Isidore Amoussou and Abdoulaye Fadiga 1965 - Léonard Kalmogo and Abdoulaye Fadiga |
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The BCEAO was established in 1959 as the successor monetary authority to the Institut d'Émission de l'Afrique Occidentale Française, and this series bridges that transition directly — the earliest signatures here date from the year of the institution's founding, before several of the member territories had even formally achieved independence. The sheer number of signature combinations on a single Pick number reflects the political turbulence of the period: eight member states, each appointing a national director, cycling through representatives as governments changed and newly independent nations asserted themselves over the shared currency mechanism.
Tiémoko Marc Garango later became Burkina Faso's finance minister; Henri Konan Bédié would eventually serve as President of Côte d'Ivoire. Edem Kodjo went on to become Secretary-General of the OAU.