Catalog
100 Francs
| Issuer | Banque Centrale des États de l'Afrique de l'Ouest |
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| Year | 1961 |
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| Composition | Paper |
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| Obverse description | Dark brown, orange and multicolour. At left, an African mask vignette; at centre-right, a portrait of a young African woman with braided hair and beaded jewellery against a tropical background. Issuer name at top, denomination in numerals at upper corners, 'CENT FRANCS' at bottom, date 20-3-1961 below. |
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| Obverse lettering | BANQUE CENTRALE DES ETATS DE L'AFRIQUE DE L'OUEST CENT FRANCS 100 |
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The BCEAO was established in 1959 as the successor monetary authority to the Institut d'Émission de l'Afrique Occidentale Française et du Togo, the colonial-era body that had managed the CFA franc across French West Africa. This 1961 note belongs to the very first series issued under the new independent regional central bank — a transitional moment when eight newly sovereign states still shared a single currency and a single issuing institution headquartered in Dakar.
Robert Tézenas du Montcel served as the first Governor of the BCEAO. His signature here dates the note to the earliest phase of the bank's operation, before the first major design revision later in the decade.