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5000 Francs
| Issuer | Banque des États de l'Afrique Centrale - République Centrafricaine |
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| Year | 1974 |
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| Currency | CFA Franc (Bank of Central African States, 1973-date) |
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| Obverse description | Portrait of President Jean-Bédel Bokassa in full military dress uniform at right, with a vignette of agricultural field workers at left and a combine harvester at centre, all set against a guilloche underprint. The denomination and country name appear in bold letterpress at upper and lower margins. |
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| Reverse description | A large traditional African ceremonial mask rendered in intaglio occupies the left field, while the centre vignette presents industrial and civic buildings alongside timber logs. At right stands a detailed intaglio sculpture of a costumed ancestral figure, with a minaret visible in the middle ground. The border is composed of ornamental fish and diamond-pattern guilloche bands running along all four edges. |
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The Banque des États de l'Afrique Centrale — the common central bank shared by six former French Equatorial territories — issued separate national series distinguished primarily by signature pairs and letter codes rather than fundamentally different designs. This note for the Central African Republic falls under that arrangement, with the Joudiou signature appearing across multiple BEAC member states simultaneously, reflecting the shared monetary authority rather than any distinctly national printing exercise.
Two signature combinations are documented for this pick number, suggesting successive signatories as officials turned over within the République Centrafricaine's representation at the bank.