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100 Francs
| Issuer | Banque de l'Afrique Occidentale |
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| Year | 1926 |
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| Value | 100 Francs |
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| Obverse lettering | BANQUE DE L'AFRIQUE OCCIDENTALE Cent Francs PAYABLES EN ESPÈCES, À VUE, AU PORTEUR Un Administrateur Le Directeur 15 Avril 1926 DUALA D.35 856 100 |
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| Reverse lettering | بانك موريتجنت بانكا افريكا الغربي إنـذر مائة بيها الورقية المرجع الى الحامل عشرين و درهم إنـذر أنبر ز كمبيالة بيضت المفتقر المرجع الى قساس تنتا اورم |
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The Banque de l'Afrique Occidentale held a private commercial banking charter — not a central bank mandate — yet operated as the sole issuing authority across French West Africa from 1901 onward. That arrangement, unusual by any standard, meant this note circulated across territories spanning Senegal, Dahomey, Guinea, and Côte d'Ivoire simultaneously, with no territorial restriction printed on the face.
The Florian brothers were a minor Parisian printing house, and their involvement here — rather than the dominant Banque de France printers — suggests a subcontracted job, possibly during a period of heavy demand on the larger ateliers in the mid-1920s. Georges Duval's engraving work is the stronger pedigree in this pairing.