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| Issuer | Banque Centrale des États de l'Afrique de l'Ouest |
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| Year | 1992-2001 |
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| Size | 170 x 85 mm |
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| Obverse description | Dark brown on multicolour underprint. Headman with scepter at right, modern skyscraper at centre within guilloche framework. Denomination in large numerals at upper left and right. |
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| Signature(s) | 1992 - Roch Marc Kaboré and Alassane Ouattara 1994 - Soumaïla Cissé and Charles Konan Banny 1995 - Soumaïla Cissé and Charles Konan Banny 1996 - Niamien N'Goran and Charles Konan Banny 1997 - Niamien N'Goran and Charles Konan Banny 1998 - Niamien N'Goran and Charles Konan Banny 1998 - Idé Gnandou and Charles Konan Banny 1999 - Idé Gnandou and Charles Konan Banny 2000 - Abdoulaye Diop and Charles Konan Banny 2001 - Abdoulaye Diop and Charles Konan Banny |
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The BCEAO's 10,000 franc note was the highest denomination in routine circulation across eight West African states sharing the CFA franc — Benin, Burkina Faso, Côte d'Ivoire, Guinea-Bissau, Mali, Niger, Senegal, and Togo. The sheer number of signature combinations across this series reflects the instability of the governing council's composition during the 1990s, a decade marked by structural adjustment pressures, the traumatic 50% CFA devaluation of January 1994, and repeated political transitions in member states.
Alassane Ouattara, who signed the 1992 issues as BCEAO Governor, had left that post by 1994 to serve as Côte d'Ivoire's Prime Minister — his trajectory makes the early signature pairing historically notable.