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1000 Francs
| Issuer | Banque Centrale des États de l'Afrique de l'Ouest |
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| Year | 1991-2002 |
| Type | Trial banknote |
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| Obverse description | Dark brown-violet on tan, yellow and multicolour underprint. Central vignette shows workmen hauling peanuts to storage; woman's head portrait vignette at right. Guilloche patterning forms the underprint field. |
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| Protection description | Woman's head |
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The BCEAO's signature rotation on this series is unusually instructive. The left-hand signatory — the national minister — changes frequently, reflecting the note's circulation across eight member states, each entitled to rotate a representative through the position. Alassane Ouattara, who signed the earliest dates in this run, had by then left his IMF post to serve as Côte d'Ivoire's Prime Minister; he would later become the country's president after a protracted civil conflict.
Charles Konan Banny held the BCEAO governorship for the bulk of this series — a long, stable tenure that spanned some of the union's most turbulent political years. The note itself changed little across the print run, making date and signature pairing the primary collecting distinction.