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| Issuer | Banque Centrale des États de l'Afrique de l'Ouest |
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| Year | 2003-2022 |
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| Value | 10000 Francs CFA CFA (10000 XOF) |
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| Reverse lettering | BANQUE CENTRALE DES ETATS DE L'AFRIQUE DE L'OUEST 10000 DIX MILLE FRANCS CFA B.C.E.A.O. LE GOUVERNEUR LE PRÉSIDENT DU CONSEIL DES MINISTRES |
| Signature(s) | 2003 - Ayawovi Demba Tignokpa and Charles Konan Banny 2004 - Ayawovi Demba Tignokpa and Charles Konan Banny 2005 - Grégoire Laourou and Charles Konan Banny 2006 - Grégoire Laourou and Charles Konan Banny 2007 - Jean-Baptiste Compaoré and Damo Justin Baro 2008 - Charles Koffi Diby and Philippe-Henri Dacoury-Tabley 2009 - Charles Koffi Diby and Philippe-Henri Dacoury-Tabley 2010 - José Mário Vaz and Philippe-Henri Dacoury-Tabley 2011 - José Mário Vaz and Jean-Baptiste Compaoré 2012 - Lassine Bouaré and Tiémoko Meyliet Koné 2013 - Tiena Coulibaly and Tiémoko Meyliet Koné 2014 - Tiena Coulibaly and Tiémoko Meyliet Koné 2015 - Gilles Baillet and Tiémoko Meyliet Koné 2016 - Saïdou Sidibé and Tiémoko Meyliet Koné 2017 - Amadou Ba and Tiémoko Meyliet Koné |
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The CFA franc zone requires each BCEAO note to carry two signatures: one from the national Minister of Finance (or equivalent) of a rotating member state, and one from the BCEAO Governor. This accounts for the unusually long signature roster across the 2003–2022 production run — the left signatory changed repeatedly as ministerial appointments shifted across Benin, Burkina Faso, Côte d'Ivoire, Guinea-Bissau, Mali, Niger, Senegal, and Togo. Collectors treating year-dated examples as distinct types will find some signature combinations considerably scarcer than others.
The franc CFA itself has been pegged to the French franc, and since 1999 to the euro, at fixed rates guaranteed by the French Treasury — an arrangement that remains politically contested among member states.