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500 Francs
| Issuer | Banque Centrale des États de l'Afrique de l'Ouest |
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| Year | 1959-1965 |
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| Size | 175 x 100 mm |
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| Reverse description | Green and multicolour. Portrait of a woman in traditional dress at left, intaglio vignette of a farmer operating a tractor in an agricultural field at right. Issuer name across top, denomination at upper corners. |
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| Signature(s) | 15.4.1959 - Robert Tézenas du Montcel and Robert Julienne 20.3.1961 - Bertin Borna and Robert Julienne 2.12.1964 - Bamba Ould Yezid and Robert Julienne 2.3.1965 - Bamba Ould Yezid and Robert Julienne ND - Mohamed Salem Ould M'Khaitirat and Robert Julienne ND - Tiémoko Marc Garango and Robert Julienne ND - Babacar Ba and Robert Julienne ND - Jean Tevi and Robert Julienne ND - Edem Kodjo and Robert Julienne ND - Henri Konan Bédié and Abdoulaye Fadiga |
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The BCEAO was formally established in 1959 as the successor monetary authority to the Institut d'Émission de l'Afrique Occidentale Française et du Togo, and this 500 Francs series spans the precise moment when eight newly independent states were attempting to maintain a shared currency while asserting individual sovereignty through their own finance ministry signatories. The left-hand signature changed repeatedly as individual member states rotated representation — Henri Konan Bédié signed for Côte d'Ivoire, Tiémoko Marc Garango for Burkina Faso (then Haute-Volta), Edem Kodjo for Togo. Robert Julienne's persistence as the constant right-hand signatory throughout most of the run reflects the French technical assistance agreements that underwrote the zone's early administration.
Pick 602H is the final suffix in a long coding sequence for this type, distinguished by the Abdoulaye Fadiga pairing — Fadiga would later serve as BCEAO Governor from 1975 to 1988.