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500 Francs
| Issuer | Banque des États de l'Afrique Centrale - République Populaire du Congo |
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| Year | 1985-1991 |
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| Value | 500 Francs CFA (500 XAF) |
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| Obverse lettering | RÉPUBLIQUE POPULAIRE DU CONGO CINQ CENTS FRANCS (Translation: People's Republic of the Congo Five Hundred Francs) |
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| Reverse lettering | BANQUE DES ÉTATS DE L'AFRIQUE CENTRALE (Translation: Bank of the Central African States) 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 Banque des États de l'Afrique Centrale served six member states simultaneously, meaning this note circulated under Congo-Brazzaville's designation while being structurally identical — save for a letter code — to issues from Cameroon, Gabon, the Central African Republic, Chad, and Equatorial Guinea. The letter "C" in the serial prefix identified it as Congolese. Four distinct signature combinations across the series reflect the governor and vice-governor pairings at BEAC headquarters in Yaoundé during a six-year window of significant austerity, as falling oil revenues hammered the franc zone economies throughout the late 1980s.
Oberthur's Rennes facility handled the full run.