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1000 Francs
| Issuer | Banque Centrale des États de l'Afrique de l'Ouest |
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| Year | 1981-1990 |
| Type | Trial banknote |
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| Obverse description | Brown on multicolour underprint. Decorative tribal artwork vignette at left, open-pit mine scene at centre, and portrait of a woman at right. Intricate geometric guilloche borders frame the composition throughout. |
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| Reverse lettering | BANQUE CENTRALE DES ÉTATS DE L'AFRIQUE DE L'OUEST 1000 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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Abdoulaye Fadiga served as Governor of the BCEAO from 1975 to 1988, which is why his signature anchors nearly the entire run of this type — his counterpart changed repeatedly as the rotating presidency of the BCEAO Council cycled through ministers from different member states. The 1989 and 1990 dates mark the arrival of Alassane Ouattara as Governor, before he left to serve as Prime Minister of Côte d'Ivoire in 1990 and later pursued the presidency that would consume the next three decades of his political life.
Ten signature combinations across nine years is an unusually dense progression for a single Pick type, making date-signature pairing the primary collecting variable here.