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10000 Francs
| Issuer | Banque Centrale des États de l'Afrique de l'Ouest |
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| Year | 1992-2001 |
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| Value | 10000 Francs CFA (10000 XOF) |
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| Obverse description | Dark brown on multicolour underprint. Headman with sceptre at right, skyscraper at centre. Guilloche patterning frames the vignette throughout. |
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| Reverse description | Central vignette of a woman crossing a vine suspension bridge over a river, with native mask art at left. Geometric guilloche underprint in multicolour; anti-counterfeiting warning legend in French at lower centre. |
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The BCEAO 10,000 franc note is the highest denomination in the union's series, and the volume of signature combinations across this issue reflects the institutional churn within the eight-member West African Economic and Monetary Union during the 1990s. Alassane Ouattara signed as BCEAO Governor in 1992 before leaving to serve as Prime Minister of Côte d'Ivoire — his tenure on currency effectively ended the moment he entered domestic politics.
The CFA franc zone underwent a traumatic 50% devaluation in January 1994, the first adjustment since 1948. Notes dated 1994 onward were issued into a monetary environment fundamentally altered by that decision, though the physical design of this series was not revised to mark it.