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1000 Francs
| Issuer | Institut d'Émission de l'Afrique Équatoriale Française et du Cameroun |
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| Year | 1957 |
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| Value | 1000 Francs (1000 FCFA) |
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| Obverse lettering | INSTITUT D'EMISSION DE L'AFRIQUE ÉQUATORIALE FRANÇAISE ET DU CAMEROUN MILLE FRANCS (Translation: Institute of Emission of French Equatorial Africa and Cameroon - Thousand Francs) |
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| Protection description | Bacongo girl's head watermark |
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The Institut d'Émission de l'Afrique Équatoriale Française et du Cameroun was a short-lived monetary authority, established in 1955 to manage currency for the four territories of French Equatorial Africa — Chad, Gabon, Middle Congo, and Ubangi-Shari — alongside Cameroun under a single unified framework. It was already an institution operating on borrowed time: decolonization was accelerating, and by 1960 each territory would be managing its own monetary arrangements through successor bodies.
Banque de France printing at this date guaranteed a high standard of intaglio work. The 1957 issue was among the final emissions under this authority before the political reorganization swept the framework away entirely.