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500 Francs
| Issuer | Banque Centrale des États de l'Afrique de l'Ouest |
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| Year | 1979-1980 |
| Type | Trial banknote |
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| Reverse description | Lilac and multicolor. A cultivated palm tree vignette occupies the left, an aerial landscape view fills the center guilloche field, and a tribal mask appears at right; bank title inscribed across the top. |
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| Signature(s) | 1979 - Isidore Amoussou and Abdoulaye Fadiga 1980 - Léonard Kalmogo and Abdoulaye Fadiga |
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The BCEAO's 500 Francs series of this period circulated across eight West African nations simultaneously — Benin, Burkina Faso, Côte d'Ivoire, Guinea-Bissau, Mali, Niger, Senegal, and Togo — with individual country identification encoded in the letter suffix of the Pick reference. The "H" designation here places this note in Côte d'Ivoire's allocation.
Abdoulaye Fadiga served as BCEAO Governor across both signature combinations, lending continuity across the 1979–1980 transition while the countersigning authority changed from Amoussou to Kalmogo. The distinction matters for collectors: the two signature pairings command noticeably different premiums depending on the country letter.