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100 Francs CFA
| Issuer | Banque des États de l'Afrique Centrale (BEAC) |
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| Year | 1992-2003 |
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| Value | 100 Francs CFA |
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| Obverse description | Three Giant Eland antelopes (Taurotragus derbianus) depicted in profile facing left, their distinctive spiralled horns prominently rendered, emerging from stylised savanna grasses in the lower field. The design is executed in low relief with fine naturalistic detail on the animals' heads and foliage. The circular legend 'BANQUE DES ÉTATS DE L'AFRIQUE CENTRALE' arcs along the upper periphery. The engravers' signatures 'G.B.L. BAZOR' appear to the right of the antelopes, with the mintmark 'G' (Monnaie de Paris) visible at the base of the grasses. |
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| Mintage | 1992 - - 1,500,000 1996 - - 4,800,000 1998 - - 18,500,000 2003 - - 8,500,000 |
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The BEAC franc zone — covering Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Gabon, Equatorial Guinea, and the Republic of Congo — operates under a monetary agreement with France that fixes the CFA franc to the French franc, and later the euro, at a guaranteed conversion rate. That arrangement, negotiated at Bretton Woods in 1944 and formalized in 1945, requires member states to deposit 50% of their foreign exchange reserves with the French Treasury, a condition that has drawn persistent criticism from African economists since independence.
Nickel coinage of this denomination replaced earlier issues as the zone expanded to include Equatorial Guinea in 1985.