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10 000 Francs
| Issuer | Banque des États de l'Afrique Centrale - République du Congo |
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| Year | 1992 |
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| Size | 163 × 89 mm |
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| Obverse lettering | RÉPUBLIQUE POPULAIRE DU CONGO DIX MILLE FRANCS (Translation: PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO TEN THOUSAND FRANCS) |
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| Protection type | Watermark |
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The Banque des États de l'Afrique Centrale — the common central bank serving six franc zone states — issued this note under the Congo's country code prefix at a moment of acute political instability. The Republic of Congo was deep in a transitional crisis in 1992, moving through a contested democratic opening after nearly three decades of Marxist single-party rule, with parallel currency pressures that made high-denomination notes like this one increasingly necessary for routine transactions.
Banque de France handled production for much of the BEAC's note output during this period, a printing relationship that long outlasted French formal administrative ties to the region.