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2000 Francs
| Issuer | Banque des États de l'Afrique Centrale |
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| Year | 2002 |
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| Currency | CFA franc (Bank of Central African States, 1973-date) |
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| Obverse description | Vignette of a hydroelectric dam at center-left, with turbine housings and water channels rendered in intaglio. A portrait of a young woman wearing hoop earrings appears at right, facing left, set against a pink and red guilloche underprint. Denomination numerals "2000" appear at upper left and right, with issuer legend across the top. |
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| Reverse lettering | BANQUE DES ETATS DE L'AFRIQUE CENTRALE DEUX MILLE FRANCS LE GOUVERNEUR UN CENSEUR LES AUTEURS OU COMPLICES DE FALSIFICATION DE BILLETS DE BANQUE SERONT PUNIS CONFORMEMENT AUX LOIS EN VIGUEUR |
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The BEAC's 2000-franc series introduced a revised signature matrix that produced three catalogued sub-varieties — 408Aa through 408Ac — distinguished solely by the rotating gubernatorial signatory paired against the fixed Aleka-Rybert countersignature. This kind of administrative turnover embedded in printed currency is unusually well-documented for the zone, and collectors working a type set often overlook that the three are technically distinct catalogue entries rather than variants of the same issue.
BEAC notes circulate across six member states simultaneously — Cameroon, CAR, Chad, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, and Gabon — with individual country codes differentiating intended distribution. The 408A series carries a country letter prefix that determines which of those territories the note was officially assigned to, a detail frequently lost once notes entered general cross-border use.