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5000 Francs
| Issuer | Banque Centrale des États de l'Afrique de l'Ouest |
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| Year | 1961 |
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| Size | 180 x 100 mm |
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| Obverse description | Multicolour note in blue and brown tones with decorative guilloche borders. At left, a bearded elder in traditional woven garment; at centre-right, a large industrial building flanked by palm trees. Issuer title, denomination in words and numerals, two facsimile signatures, serial number and date 20-3-1961 inscribed. |
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| Reverse lettering | BANQUE CENTRALE DES ÉTATS DE L'AFRIQUE DE L'OUEST 5000 LES AUTEURS OU COMPLICES DE FALSIFICATION OU DE CONTREFAÇON DE BILLETS DE BANQUE SERONT PUNIS CONFORMÉMENT AUX LOIS ET ACTES EN VIGUEUR. |
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The BCEAO was established in 1959 to manage the CFA franc for the newly independent West African states — a currency zone that had existed since 1945 but now required its own institutional framework separate from French colonial banking structures. This note belongs to the early transitional series, where continuity of supply depended entirely on the Banque de France's Chamalières facility, a dependency that would persist for decades.
Tézenas du Montcel served as the BCEAO's first governor. His signature on this issue dates it to the very opening years of the institution's operation.