Catalog
5000 Francs
| Issuer | Banque des États de l'Afrique Centrale - République Populaire du Congo |
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| Year | 1984-1991 |
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| Currency | CFA franc (Bank of Central African States, 1973-date) |
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| Obverse description | At left, a large stylized African mask in warm earth tones is set against a geometric multicolour underprint; to the right, a vignette of a seated African woman in traditional dress, rendered in three-quarter profile with a large woven basket behind her. Two manuscript signatures appear in the central field beneath the issuing authority inscription. The denomination CINQ MILLE FRANCS is inscribed along the lower border, with numeral value 5000 repeated at the upper corners. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse carries three industrial and agricultural vignettes arranged horizontally: at left, an oil pump-jack rendered in fine intaglio line work; at centre, a red tractor ploughing agricultural fields under an open sky; at right, an aerial ropeway or cable-car installation with industrial machinery. The composition is set against a dense guilloche underprint in ochre and yellow tones, with the bank name and denomination in the upper register. |
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The Banque de France printed this note for BEAC — the multinational central bank serving six franc-zone states in Central Africa — but the Congo Populaire series carried distinct national overprints distinguishing it from identical designs circulating in Cameroon, Gabon, and the CAR. The signing authority combination of Oye Mba and Tchepannou places early impressions in the mid-1980s, while the Mamalepot/Mebara pairing reflects BEAC's later gubernatorial rotation, meaning the same Pick number covers a meaningful span of political change in Brazzaville, including the slow unraveling of Marxist single-party rule under Sassou Nguesso.
Cotton substrate sourced through Banque de France supply chains held up reasonably well in Central Africa's humidity, though high-denomination notes in this series frequently show edge fraying from repeated folding in transit.