Catalog
10000 Francs CFA
| Issuer | Banque Centrale des États de l'Afrique de l'Ouest |
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| Year | 2003-2024 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse lettering | BANQUE CENTRALE DES ÉTATS DE L'AFRIQUE DE L'OUEST 10 000 DIX MILLE FRANCS CFA |
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| 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 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's fixed parity with the euro — inherited from its original peg to the French franc at 50:1, then converted at the 1999 rate — means BCEAO note design and issuance policy are effectively constrained by the European Central Bank framework. A 10,000 franc note, the highest denomination in the WAEMU series, functions as the workhorse of large informal transactions across eight member states spanning Senegal to Niger.
The sheer number of signature combinations across this single Pick number — over a dozen pairs in under fifteen years — reflects the frequency of ministerial and gubernatorial turnover among WAEMU's member governments rather than any reissue policy. Each combination is technically a collectible variant, though demand differentiates sharply by rarity of the pairing.
The "S" suffix in the Pick reference denotes a specimen.