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500 Francs
| Issuer | Banque Centrale des États de l'Afrique de l'Ouest |
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| Year | 1991-2002 |
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| Composition | Paper |
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| Obverse description | Dark brown and dark green on multicolor underprint. Male figure vignette at right, flood control dam at center. Multicolor guilloche background throughout. |
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| Signature(s) | 1991 - Ildephonse Lemon and Alassane Ouattara 1992 - Ildephonse Lemon and Alassane Ouattara 1992 - Frédéric Korsaga and Alassane Ouattara 1993 - Roch Marc Kaboré and Alassane Ouattara 1994 - Roch Marc Kaboré 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 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 |
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The sheer number of signature combinations across this series — thirteen distinct pairings in twelve years — reflects the BCEAO's unusual dual-signature structure, where one signatory represents the member state holding the rotating presidency of the union's council of ministers, and the other the bank's governor. Alassane Ouattara signed as governor through the early dates before leaving in 1993 to take up the IMF deputy managing director post, which is why his name disappears from the 1994 issues onward.
Charles Konan Banny then held the governorship for the remainder of the series — an exceptionally long tenure that accounts for the bulk of the signature variants listed here.