Catalog
5000 Francs
| Issuer | Banque Centrale - République du Cameroun |
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| Year | 1961 |
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| Currency | CFA franc (Central bank of Equatorial African States and Cameroon, 1961-1973) |
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| Reverse description | Multicolour reverse centred on a tropical landscape vignette with logs in the middle ground. A circular medallion at left contains an elaborate floral arrangement, while its counterpart at right holds a composition of tropical produce including bananas and cocoa pods. Decorative geometric and foliate borders frame the design, with the anti-counterfeiting warning legend in a panel at lower centre. |
| Reverse lettering | RÉPUBLIQUE DU CAMEROUN LES AUTEURS OU COMPLICES DES FALSIFICATIONS OU DE CONTREFAÇON DE BILLETS DE BANQUE SERONT PUNIS CONFORMÉMENT AUX LOIS ET ACTES EN VIGUEUR (Translation: Republic of Cameroon — Those who author or are complicit in the falsification or counterfeiting of banknotes will be punished in accordance with the laws and acts in force.) |
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Cameroun's first post-independence banknotes presented an administrative puzzle: the country had federated its French and British territories in 1961, yet monetary authority remained anchored to Paris through the Banque de France printing contract and the CFA franc zone arrangements. This note, issued in that first federal year, circulated under the Banque Centrale de la République du Cameroun before the institution was absorbed into the Banque des États de l'Afrique Centrale in 1972.
The Banque de France produced a comparatively small run for this denomination and date combination. P#9 is among the scarcer picks from the early Cameroonian series.