Catalog
5000 Francs
| Issuer | Banque Centrale des États de l'Afrique de l'Ouest |
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| Year | 1977-1992 |
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| Composition | Paper |
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| Signature(s) | 1979 - Isidore Amoussou and Abdoulaye Fadiga 1977 - Abdoulaye Koné and Abdoulaye Fadiga 1988 - Abdoulaye Koné and Abdoulaye Fadiga 1989 - Abdoulaye Koné and Abdoulaye Fadiga 1981 - Edmond Ki and Abdoulaye Fadiga 1982 - Edmond Ki and Abdoulaye Fadiga 1983 - Hamid Algabid and Abdoulaye Fadiga 1984 - Boukary Adji and Abdoulaye Fadiga 1985 - Mamadou Touré and Abdoulaye Fadiga 1986 - Komla Alipui and Abdoulaye Fadiga 1987 - Komla Alipui and Abdoulaye Fadiga 1990 - Abdoulaye Koné and Alassane Ouattara 1991 - Ildephonse Lemon and Alassane Ouattara 1992 - Ildephonse Lemon and Alassane Ouattara 1992 - Frédéric Korsaga and Alassane Ouattara 1992 - Paul Dossou and Alassane Ouattara |
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| Protection description | Woman's head |
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Abdoulaye Fadiga served as Governor of the BCEAO from 1974 until 1988 — an unusually long tenure that accounts for his signature appearing across nearly a decade of this series. His eventual replacement as co-signatory by Alassane Ouattara in 1990 is the more historically notable transition: Ouattara left the governorship in 1990 to become Prime Minister of Côte d'Ivoire, making the 1990–1992 dated notes a narrow window tied directly to his brief overlap between the two roles.
The sheer number of signature combinations on a single Pick number — fifteen across fifteen years — reflects the BCEAO's practice of issuing the same plate design across multiple member states simultaneously, each requiring locally appointed signatories. Collectors typically pursue date runs rather than treating any single example as a standalone.