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10 000 Francs
| Issuer | Banque Centrale des États de l'Afrique de l'Ouest (BCEAO) |
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| Year | 2003-2023 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse description | Central vignette of a catfish-shaped brass weight of the Ashanti people, traditionally used for weighing gold dust, set against a guilloche underprint. A satellite dish appears to the right, symbolising modern communications. The note bears the issuing authority's full name along the left margin and the denomination in numerals and words across the lower portion. |
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| Reverse description | Three green-and-blue turacos (Tauraco macrorhynchus) perched on branches occupy the central vignette, rendered in naturalistic detail against a light guilloche background. The large bold numeral '10000' appears to the left of the vignette, while the BCEAO acronym in oversized letters spans the right side of the note. Signature lines for the Gouverneur and the Président du Conseil des Ministres appear at lower right. |
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The sheer number of signature combinations on this single Pick number — sixteen distinct pairings across two decades — reflects the political volatility of the eight-member WAEMU zone rather than any change in the note's design or printing. The BCEAO's dual-signature requirement, pairing a national committee president with the governor, means that every ministerial reshuffle or gubernatorial appointment in any member state can generate a new collectible variety without a single change to the plate.
Oberthur's Chantepie facility has held the BCEAO printing contract for this denomination throughout the series run. The security specification remained largely static after 2003 — no upgrade to holographic strip or color-shifting ink was applied, which collectors of the later dates sometimes note as a limitation given the note's high face value.