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5000 Francs
| Issuer | Banque Centrale des États de l'Afrique de l'Ouest |
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| Year | 1961-1965 |
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| Currency | CFA franc (1958-date) |
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| Obverse description | Blue, brown and multicolour intaglio print. Vignette of a bearded elder man in traditional dress at left, a colonial-style building amid palm trees at centre-right. Guilloche borders frame both sides; denomination CINQ MILLE FRANCS in bold letterpress across centre. |
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| Variants | P#504Ea - 20.3.1961 P#504Eb - 20.3.1961 P#504Ec - 2.3.1965 P#504Ed - ND P#504Ee - ND |
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The BCEAO was created in 1962 to replace the earlier Institut d'Émission de l'Afrique Occidentale Française et du Togo — a mouthful that itself replaced the colonial Banque de l'Afrique Occidentale. This note's date range straddles that institutional transition, which is why early examples carry signatures from figures still operating within the late colonial monetary structure while later ones reflect the post-independence technocratic appointments across member states.
Garango is the notable name here. Tiémoko Marc Garango served as Burkina Faso's (then Upper Volta's) Finance Minister and later became a significant figure in West African monetary policy — his signature on CFA notes spans multiple issues through the 1960s and 1970s.
The suffix "E" in the Pick reference designates the Côte d'Ivoire issue within this multi-country series.