Catalog
1000 Francs
| Issuer | Banque des États de l'Afrique Centrale - République Populaire du Congo |
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| Year | 1985 |
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| Printer | Oberthur Fiduciaire, France |
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| Obverse lettering | REPUBLIQUE POPULAIRE DU CONGO MILLE FRANCS LE GOUVERNEUR UN CENSEUR |
| Reverse description | A large elephant stands at left within a panoramic savanna vignette at centre, with giraffes and antelopes visible in the middle ground against a lakeside landscape; a traditional African figural carving occupies the right. The denomination '1000' appears in numerals at upper right and lower left, framed by geometric guilloche borders, with the issuing bank title 'BANQUE DES ETATS DE L'AFRIQUE CENTRALE' across the top and an anti-counterfeiting warning legend in a panel at lower centre. |
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The Banque des États de l'Afrique Centrale — the BEAC — is a multinational central bank serving six franc zone countries simultaneously, which means this note circulated legally across Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, and Gabon. The "République Populaire du Congo" designation is specific to Brazzaville's Marxist-Leninist government, which held that name from 1970 until 1991. Notes were differentiated by country code rather than entirely separate designs, keeping production costs down across the series.
Oye Mba later became Prime Minister of Gabon — an unusual trajectory for a central bank signatory.