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500 Francs
| Issuer | Banque Centrale des États de l'Afrique de l'Ouest |
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| Year | 2012-2026 |
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| Value | 500 Francs CFA |
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| Obverse description | Brown and orange on multicolour underprint. Central vignette shows a hand touching a tablet PC connected to an outline map of West Africa, symbolising digital connectivity in the region. To the left, an Ashanti brass gold-dust weight cast in the form of a sawfish; denomination and bank title inscriptions frame the composition, with geometric guilloche patterning throughout. |
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| Obverse lettering | 500 BANQUE CENTRALE DES ÉTATS DE L`AFRIQUE DE L`OUEST 500 500 CINQ CENTS FRANCS CFA (Translation: Central Bank of the West African States Five Hundred Francs CFA.) |
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| Reverse lettering | BANQUE CENTRALE DES ÉTATS DE L'AFRIQUE DE L'OUEST 500 CINQ CENTS FRANCS CFA B.C.E.A.O. LES AUTEURS OU COMPLICES DE FALSIFICATION OU DE CONTREFAÇON DE BILLETS DE BANQUE SERONT PUNIS CONFORMÉMENT AUX LOIS ET ACTES EN VIGUEUR LE GOUVERNEUR LE PRÉSIDENT DU CONSEIL DES MINISTRES (Translation: Central Bank of the West African States Five Hundred Francs CFA. The authors or accomplices of falsification or counterfeiting of banknotes will be punished according to the laws and acts in force.) |
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