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500 Francs Red bank name and value
| Issuer | Banque Centrale des États de l'Afrique de l'Ouest (BCEAO) |
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| Year | 1979-1990 |
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| Value | 500 Francs CFA (500 XOF) |
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| Obverse description | At left, an African wooden carved mask rendered as an intaglio vignette; at centre, a herd of Zebu cattle occupies the main field; at right, a herdsman is shown in attendance. The denomination and bank name appear in red letterpress above and below the central vignette. |
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| Reverse description | At left, an oil palm rises against the background; the centre field presents an aerial view of a traditional village; at right, an African wooden carved mask is placed as a counterpart vignette to the obverse, framing the composition symmetrically. |
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The BCEAO 500 Francs series spanning this period reflects an unusual dual-printer arrangement: early impressions came from the Banque de France, with Oberthur taking over production from 1984 onward. The two outputs are distinguishable to specialists, though the design remained unchanged — a deliberate choice to avoid disrupting confidence in the currency across the eight member states of the West African Monetary Union.
The K suffix in the Pick reference designates Senegal as the issuing country within the BCEAO system, each member state receiving its own letter code. Amoussou served as BCEAO Governor briefly before Fadiga's long tenure reshaped the institution through the 1980s.