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1000 Francs
| Issuer | Banque des États de l'Afrique Centrale - République Gabonaise |
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| Year | 1985 |
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| Printer | Banque de France, France |
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| Obverse description | Portrait of President Omar Bongo at right, wearing a suit and tie, rendered in intaglio against a guilloche underprint in blue and gold tones. At centre, a vignette map of the Central African region with small pictorial scenes of local architecture, wildlife, shipping, and industry arranged around its perimeter. A carved tribal mask or figurine appears at left, with the denomination numeral '1000' printed in each upper corner and the date '1-01-1985' shown below the signature area. |
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| Reverse description | At left, a large African elephant stands in the foreground rendered in intaglio in violet-purple tones, with a savannah landscape behind showing giraffes, antelope, and lush vegetation extending toward a distant waterway. At right, a traditional carved anthropomorphic wooden statue is set against an ornate guilloche border with geometric patterning in pink and violet. The issuer's name is printed in two lines across the top centre. |
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| Protection description | the head of a lion or similar motif visible when held to light; embedded security thread running vertically through the note. |
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