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| Issuer | Banque Centrale des États de l'Afrique de l'Ouest |
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| Year | 2012-2025 |
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| Currency | CFA franc (1958-date) |
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| Obverse description | Brown, orange and multicolour underprint on cream stock. Central vignette of a stylised West African tribal mask in intaglio, flanked by a geometric guilloche pattern to the left and a silver holographic element to the right. Denomination '500' appears in large numerals upper left and lower centre; legend 'CINQ CENTS FRANCS CFA' at lower right. |
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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 |
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| Protection description | a bust portrait visible in clear area at left; embedded security thread; silver holographic patch at right of obverse. |
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