10000 Francs

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.