Catalog
1000 Francs
| Issuer | Banque de la République du Mali |
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| Year | 1960 |
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| Value | 1000 Francs (1000 MLF) |
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| Obverse lettering | BANQUE DE LA RÉPUBLIQUE DU MALI MILLE FRANCS LE 22 SEPTEMBRE 1960 TOUT CONTREFACTEUR ET COMPLICES SERONT PUNIT PAR LA LOI EN VIGUEUR (Translation: Bank of Republic of Mali Thousand Francs September 22th., 1960 Any counterfeiter and accomplice will be punished by applicable law) |
| Reverse description | Printed entirely in blue, the reverse centres on a large oval intaglio vignette of a young Malian man in traditional dress at right, his gaze directed to the left, set against a rural backdrop of thatched-roof huts and trees. The denomination "1000" appears in large numerals at both left and right margins within guilloche borders, and a rectangular cartouche at the bottom bears the value inscription in bold lettering. |
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Mali's first banknote series was issued immediately following independence from France in September 1960, and the choice of printer was a deliberate political statement. Rather than contracting with the French government printer or the established colonial-era suppliers, the new Malian government turned to Státní Tiskárna Cenin in Prague — a socialist-bloc printer, signaling alignment with the Eastern bloc at a moment when Modibo Keïta's government was pursuing a non-aligned but leftward-leaning foreign policy.
The series was short-lived. Mali rejoined the West African Monetary Union in 1967, rendering these notes obsolete after less than a decade of use.