Catalog
1000 Francs CFA
| Issuer | Banque Centrale des États de l'Afrique de l'Ouest |
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| Year | 2003-2024 |
| Type | Trial banknote |
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| Reverse lettering | BANQUE CENTRALE DES ÉTATS DE L'AFRIQUE DE L'OUEST 1000 MILLE FRANCS CFA BCEAO LE GOUVERNEUR LE PRÉSIDENT DU CONSEIL DES MINISTRES |
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| Protection type | Watermark, Security thread |
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The CFA franc zone is one of the few currency unions in the world where the finance ministers of member states co-sign the banknotes alongside the central bank governor — which is why this series carries two signatures, not one, and why those signatures change so frequently. Each pairing reflects a different national finance minister rotating into the signing authority alongside the BCEAO governor, meaning the same note design can carry over a dozen distinct signature combinations across a single print run span.
José Mário Vaz, whose name appears on the 2010 date, later became President of Guinea-Bissau in 2014 — a rare instance of a banknote signatory reaching a head of state position.