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1000 Francs
| Issuer | Banque de l'Afrique Occidentale |
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| Year | 1945-1954 |
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| Currency | CFA franc (1944-1958) |
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| Obverse lettering | 1000 BANQUE DE L'AFRIQUE OCCIDENTALE 1000 MILLE FRANCS SÉB. LAURENT FEC. G. BELTRAND - J. PIEL SC. |
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| Reverse lettering | 1000 BANQUE DE L'AFRIQUE OCCIDENTALE 1000 SÉB. LAURENT FEC. RITA - CH. CLÉMENT SC. |
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The Banque de l'Afrique Occidentale held a unique quasi-governmental status — a private institution operating under a colonial concession that granted it sole right of issue across French West Africa and French Equatorial Africa. This 1000-franc note circulated through a monetary zone encompassing territories from Senegal to Chad, yet was printed entirely in Paris under Banque de France supervision, a arrangement that kept physical control of the currency firmly in metropolitan hands.
The engraving credits are unusually well-documented for a colonial issue. Beltrand and Piel handled the obverse intaglio work; Marguerite Dreyfus — who signed professionally as Rita — contributed to the reverse alongside Clément. Rita's name appearing in the plate margin of a high-denomination colonial note is a genuine rarity for the period.