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1000 Francs
| Issuer | Banque Centrale des États de l'Afrique de l'Ouest |
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| Year | 1959-1965 |
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| Size | 182 x 107 mm |
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| Obverse lettering | BANQUE CENTRALE DES ÉTATS DE L'AFRIQUE DE L'OUEST MILLE FRANCS LE PRÉSIDENT LE DIRECTEUR GÉNÉRAL |
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| Protection description | Man's head |
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The BCEAO was established in 1959 to manage the CFA franc across the newly independent West African states, and this 1000-franc note bridges the colonial monetary apparatus and the post-independence one — Robert Julienne's signature persisted across every pairing in this series, anchoring continuity through a remarkable succession of political appointees from at least eight different member states. Thirteen distinct signature combinations documented for a single Pick number is unusual even by West African federation standards.
The Banque de France's facility at Chamalières printed CFA notes well into the post-independence decades — the physical production of these notes never left France despite the sovereignty transfer the institution nominally embodied.