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1000 Francs CFA
| Issuer | Banque des États de l'Afrique Centrale |
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| Year | 2020 |
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| Value | 1000 Francs CFA |
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| Obverse lettering | BANQUE DES ÉTATS DE L'AFRIQUE CENTRALE بنك دول إفريقيا الوسطى 1000 FRANCS CFA فرنك سيفا (Translation: Bank of Central African States, One Thousand Francs CFA) |
| Reverse description | Health care. Patient, nurse with monitoring device, medical-technical laboratory assistant with microscope. |
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The Banque des États de l'Afrique Centrale serves six member states of the CEMAC zone — Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, and Gabon — issuing a shared currency across an area where the franc CFA has been both a practical convenience and a persistent political grievance. The move to hybrid substrate for this series reflects the broader regional push to reduce replacement costs; hybrid notes tolerate humidity and handling far better than pure cotton-linen paper, which matters considerably in equatorial climates.
The dual-signature blocks — one pairing Angue with Abbas Mahamat Tolli as BEAC Governor, one with Bangui as the issuing office designation — are a standard BEAC practice for country-specific attribution within a single multinational emission.