Catalog
5000 Francs
| Issuer | Banque des États de l'Afrique Centrale - République du Tchad |
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| Year | 1984-1991 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Reverse description | The left vignette presents a red tractor ploughing an agricultural field with a worker at the wheel, set against a landscape background, while at right an industrial mining conveyor bucket and derrick apparatus is rendered in detailed intaglio. A geometric diamond-pattern guilloche underprint in amber and ochre tones frames the entire composition, with a central circular watermark zone. A cautionary anti-counterfeiting legend appears in a cartouche at lower centre. |
| Reverse lettering | BANQUE DES ÉTATS DE L'AFRIQUE CENTRALE LES AUTEURS OU COMPLICES DE FALSIFICATION 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 issued notes for six member states simultaneously, with each country's allocation distinguished by a letter code rather than a separate design series — Chad's notes carry the letter "C." The shared printing infrastructure meant that Paris produced identical plate designs across the entire zone, with national identity reduced to an overprint. Oye Mba served as governor of BEAC from 1978 to 1990, so his signature spans the full length of this issue's production window.
Chad's civil conflict throughout the 1980s severely disrupted banking infrastructure, and notes from this period frequently show heavy circulation wear as a result of banking system inaccessibility in large parts of the country.