500 Francs CFA

Issuer	Banque Centrale des États de l'Afrique de l'Ouest
Year	2012-2025
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Obverse description	Brown, orange, and multicolor print on a light guilloche underprint. Central vignette of a stylized African tribal mask rendered in intaglio, with geometric decorative borders across the top. Denomination "500" appears at upper left and lower left; inscription "CINQ CENTS FRANCS CFA" at lower right.
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Reverse description	Two hippopotami — an adult and a juvenile — in a savanna landscape, rendered in brown intaglio on a multicolor guilloche ground. Geometric and ethnic pattern borders frame the design. Inscription "BCEAO" at right; anti-counterfeiting warning text in French at upper center; date at upper right.
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Protection description	a stylized mask matching the obverse vignette; embedded security thread running vertically through the note.
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