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5000 Francs
| Issuer | Banque Centrale des Comores |
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| Year | 1986-2005 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Reverse description | Central oval portrait vignette of President Saïd Mohamed Cheikh, wearing a red fez, dark suit, and a presidential sash with a decorative medal, set against a swirling guilloche underprint with stylised floral rosettes. A group of tropical fish, crustaceans, and coelacanth are arranged to the left of the portrait, while an abundant cornucopia of tropical fruits — including pineapple, bananas, mangoes, and citrus — fills the right side. Arabic legends appear at upper centre and upper left, with the denomination numeral at upper right, and a French anti-counterfeiting warning text printed at lower right. |
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| Protection type | Watermark |
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The Comoros had no central bank of its own until 1981 — prior to that, the Institut d'Émission des Comores handled note issue, itself a transitional body created after independence in 1975. The Banque Centrale des Comores inherited both the institution and its French printing relationship, with the Banque de France continuing to supply notes throughout this series' long run.
The two signature combinations reflect an administrative shift mid-series: the earlier "Directeur Général" title was replaced by "Gouverneur" as the bank's statutes were revised, a change more significant to institutional historians than to those who spent the notes.