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5000 Francs
| Issuer | Banque Centrale des États de l'Afrique de l'Ouest |
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| Year | 1992-2003 |
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| Composition | Paper |
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| Obverse description | Dark brown and deep blue on multicolour underprint. Female bust at right wearing headdress with cowrie shells, industrial smelting plant vignette at centre. Issuer title across top, denomination numerals at upper left and right. |
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| Signature(s) | 1992 - Frédéric Korsaga and Alassane Ouattara 1994 - Soumaïla Cissé and Charles Konan Banny 1995 - Soumaïla Cissé and Charles Konan Banny 1996 - Niamien N'Goran and Charles Konan Banny 1997 - Niamien N'Goran and Charles Konan Banny 1998 - Niamien N'Goran and Charles Konan Banny 1998 - Idé Gnandou and Charles Konan Banny 1999 - Idé Gnandou and Charles Konan Banny 2000 - Abdoulaye Diop and Charles Konan Banny 2001 - Abdoulaye Diop and Charles Konan Banny 2002 - Kossi Assimaidou and Charles Konan Banny 2003 - Kossi Assimaidou and Charles Konan Banny |
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The BCEAO's 5000 Franc notes of this period carry an unusually rich signature history — eleven distinct combinations across just over a decade, reflecting genuine institutional turnover rather than routine rotation. Alassane Ouattara, whose 1992 signature appears here as BCEAO Governor, had already served as IMF Deputy Managing Director and would later become President of Côte d'Ivoire. Charles Konan Banny held the governorship with remarkable continuity, signing across ten of the twelve combinations in this series before himself entering Ivorian politics.
The "H" suffix in the Pick reference designates the Côte d'Ivoire issue within the common BCEAO series — member states shared identical designs but received country-coded serial prefixes, with "H" assigned to Abidjan.