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10 000 Francs
| Issuer | Banque Centrale des États de l'Afrique de l'Ouest |
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| Year | 1977-1992 |
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| Currency | CFA franc (1958-date) |
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| Obverse description | The right half of the obverse is dominated by an intaglio portrait of a young West African woman in traditional headwrap, rendered in fine detail against a salmon-red guilloche underprint. At centre, a vignette illustrates a male weaver operating a traditional horizontal loom, with two signature panels — Le Gouverneur and Le Président du Conseil des Ministres — printed below. The left field carries an ornate geometric medallion formed from interlaced traditional motifs in gold and green, with an unprinted watermark window above it. |
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| Signature(s) | Henri Konan Bédié / Abdoulaye Fadiga Isidore Amoussou / Abdoulaye Fadiga Léonard Kalmogo / Abdoulaye Fadiga Abdoulaye Koné / Abdoulaye Fadiga Edmond Ki / Abdoulaye Fadiga Boukary Adji / Abdoulaye Fadiga Mamadou Touré / Abdoulaye Fadiga Komla Alipui / Abdoulaye Fadiga Abdoulaye Koné / Alassane Ouattara Ildephonse Lemon / Alassane Ouattara Frédéric Korsaga / Alassane Ouattara |
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The BCEAO's 10 000 franc note was the highest denomination in regular circulation across the eight-member West African Economic and Monetary Union during this period, covering a vast and economically heterogeneous zone from Senegal to Togo. The rotating national signatories on the left — representing the local central bank directors of member states — explain the unusually long signature list for a single Pick number. Abdoulaye Fadiga served as BCEAO Governor throughout most of this run, providing continuity across nearly a dozen signature combinations.
Alassane Ouattara's appearance as co-signatory in the final issues reflects his 1990 appointment as BCEAO Governor before his transition to Ivorian Prime Minister — a career pivot that would define West African politics for decades.