Catalog
1000 Francs
| Issuer | Banque Centrale des États de l'Afrique de l'Ouest |
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| Year | 1991-2002 |
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| Reference(s) | P#211B |
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| Reverse description | Twin statues and mask at left; central vignette shows two women with baskets before elevated riverside storage bins. Multicolour underprint with geometric guilloche patterning throughout. |
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| Variants | P#211Ba - (19)91 P#211Bb - (19)92 P#211Bc - (19)92 P#211Bd - (19)93 P#211Be - (19)94 P#211Bf - (19)95 P#211Bg - (19)96 P#211Bh - (19)97 P#211Bi - (19)98 P#211Bj - (19)99 P#211Bk - (20)00 P#211Bl - (20)01 P#211Bm - (20)02 P#211Bn - (20)03 |
| Comments |
The BCEAO's signature rotation on this series is unusually instructive. The left-hand signatory — the national minister — changes frequently, reflecting the note's circulation across eight member states, each entitled to rotate a representative through the position. Alassane Ouattara, who signed the earliest dates in this run, had by then left his IMF post to serve as Côte d'Ivoire's Prime Minister; he would later become the country's president after a protracted civil conflict.
Charles Konan Banny held the BCEAO governorship for the bulk of this series — a long, stable tenure that spanned some of the union's most turbulent political years. The note itself changed little across the print run, making date and signature pairing the primary collecting distinction.