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10 000 Francs
| Issuer | Banque des États de l'Afrique Centrale |
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| Year | 2002 |
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| Size | 150 x 80 mm |
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| Reverse description | Large satellite dish at lower left, a diesel locomotive at center on rail tracks, and a four-engine passenger aircraft in the upper background. Denomination DIX MILLE FRANCS in letterpress at bottom center; year 2002 at lower right; issuer name BANQUE DES ÉTATS DE L'AFRIQUE CENTRALE across the top. |
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| Variants | P#410Aa - Signatures Mamalepot and Aleka-Rybert P#410Ab - Signatures Andzembe and Aleka-Rybert P#410Ac - Signatures Abaga-Nchama and Aleka-Rybert |
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The Banque des États de l'Afrique Centrale serves six CFA franc zone members simultaneously — Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Republic of Congo, Equatorial Guinea, and Gabon — which is why notes of this series carried multiple valid signature combinations reflecting different governors and directors-general in office concurrently across member states. Three distinct signature pairings appear on this single date, each legitimate, each tied to a specific national appointment within the institution's rotating governance structure.
The franc CFA zone survived the 1994 devaluation — a 50% cut against the French franc imposed overnight — and notes issued in subsequent years circulated against that raw institutional memory. By 2002 the euro had replaced the French franc as the peg currency, a quiet but structurally significant change requiring no new treaty.