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1000 Francs
| Issuer | Banque Centrale des États de l'Afrique de l'Ouest |
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| Year | 1959-1961 |
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| Size | 182 x 107 mm |
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| Obverse description | Brown, blue and multicolour intaglio print. Central vignette of a man and woman in profile bust portrait, flanked by decorative column guilloche borders left and right. Denomination '1000' appears at upper left and lower right; issuer legend across top; 'MILLE FRANCS' in letterpress at lower centre. |
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| Reverse description | Multicolour intaglio print. Central portrait bust of an elderly man in traditional dress, with a rope suspension bridge and river scene in the middle ground. Pineapple plants and tropical foliage fill the foreground and flanking vignettes; denomination '1000' at upper left and right; anti-counterfeiting warning legend at lower centre. |
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The BCEAO was established in 1959 as the successor monetary authority to the Institut d'Émission de l'Afrique Occidentale Française et du Togo — the transition reflecting the imminent independence of France's West African territories. This series consequently spans a politically charged moment: notes signed by French-appointed officials like Tézenas du Montcel in 1959 give way within two years to signatures from African central bankers, Bamba Ould Yezid being a Mauritanian official who served briefly before Mauritania exited the CFA franc zone in 1973.
Robert Julienne's persistent presence across all three signature combinations is worth noting — he remained a French technical adviser at the BCEAO well into the mid-1960s, a common arrangement during the early post-independence period.