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5000 Francs
| Issuer | Banque des États de l'Afrique Centrale - République Centrafricaine |
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| Year | 1980 |
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| Currency | CFA Franc (Bank of Central African States, 1973-date) |
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| Obverse description | Portrait of a young woman in traditional dress at left, with a large intaglio vignette at centre showing figures with longhorn cattle, agricultural workers carrying produce, and a cotton bale dated 1-1-1980; a traditional carved mask vignette appears at upper right and a decorative geometric motif at upper left. Two signature lines appear at right, captioned LE GOUVERNEUR and UN CENSEUR, with a guilloche underprint throughout. |
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| Reverse lettering | BANQUE DES ÉTATS DE L'AFRIQUE CENTRALE LES AUTEURS OU COMPLICES DES FALSIFICATIONS OU DE CONTREFAÇON DE BILLETS DE BANQUE SERONT PUNIS CONFORMÉMENT AUX LOIS ET ACTES EN VIGUEUR |
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The Banque des États de l'Afrique Centrale — the common central bank serving Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo, Gabon, and Equatorial Guinea — issued notes distinguished by a letter prefix identifying the member state; the Central African Republic used the letter "C." This regional arrangement, inherited from the franc zone architecture built during French colonial administration, meant that a note printed in Paris for Bangui was legally tender only in that republic, despite being near-identical in design to notes circulating across five neighboring countries.
The Oye Mba and Ntoutoume signature pairing places this note firmly in the transitional period following Bokassa's ousting in 1979.