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10 000 Francs
| Issuer | Banque des États de l'Afrique Centrale |
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| Year | 1994-2002 |
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| Size | 160x80mm |
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| Obverse lettering | BANQUE DES ÉTATS DE L'AFRIQUE CENTRALE DIX MILLE FRANCS LE GOUVERNEUR UN CENSEUR (Translation: Bank of Central African States, Ten Thousand Francs, The Governor, A Censor) |
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| Protection type | Watermark, Security thread |
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The Banque des États de l'Afrique Centrale — the BEAC — issues a single currency shared across six central African states: Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, and Gabon. The suffix letter on BEAC notes identifies the issuing member state; "L" designates Gabon. Notes of identical design were therefore issued simultaneously under different suffixes, each valid only within its designated territory — a constraint that created persistent informal cross-border circulation problems throughout the franc zone.
The Banque de France facility at Chamalières has handled BEAC production for decades, giving these notes a printing quality noticeably higher than many regional contemporaries.