The BEAC franc zone has used a near-identical 100-franc specification since the CFA franc's post-independence redenomination in 1960, making individual annual issues largely indistinguishable in circulation across six member states — Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, and Gabon. The currency itself is pegged to the euro at a fixed rate of 655.957 CFA francs, a ratio inherited directly from the pre-2002 French franc peg.
The BEAC franc zone has used a near-identical 100-franc specification since the CFA franc's post-independence redenomination in 1960, making individual annual issues largely indistinguishable in circulation across six member states — Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, and Gabon. The currency itself is pegged to the euro at a fixed rate of 655.957 CFA francs, a ratio inherited directly from the pre-2002 French franc peg.