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1000 Francs
| Issuer | Institut d'Émission de l'Afrique Occidentale Française et du Togo |
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| Year | 1955 |
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| Value | 1000 Francs (1000 FCFA) |
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| Reverse lettering | INSTITUT D'ÉMISSION DE L'AFRIQUE OCCIDENTALE FRANÇAISE ET DU TOGO L'ART. 139 DU CODE PÉNAL PUNIT DES TRAVAUX FORCÉS CEUX QUI AURONT CONTREFAIT OU FALSIFIÉ LES BILLETS DE BANQUE AUTORISÉS PAR LA LOI SÉB. LAURENT FEC. RITA - CH. CLÉMENT SC. |
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| Protection description | a human head visible in the guilloché panel on both obverse and reverse |
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The Institut d'Émission de l'Afrique Occidentale Française et du Togo was established in 1955 specifically to manage currency across French West Africa and Togo as those territories moved toward political autonomy — this note belongs to the institute's earliest issues, before independence movements reshaped the region's monetary arrangements entirely within the following decade.
Beltrand was a distinguished figure in French intaglio work, and his presence on the obverse engraving credit alongside Piel reflects the Banque de France's standard practice of assigning multiple engravers to a single plate by specialization — portraiture, lettering, and decorative work often handled by different hands.