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100 Francs
| Issuer | Banque de la République du Mali |
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| Year | 1960 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse description | Brown intaglio print on pale yellow guilloche underprint. Portrait vignette of President Modibo Keita at left, rendered in fine line engraving, with the large denomination inscription "CENT FRANCS" and date "LE 22 SEPTEMBRE 1960" to the right. Two facsimile signatures appear below the date, captioned "MINISTRE DES FINANCES" and "GOUVERNEUR DE LA BANQUE", with a serial number in red and an anti-counterfeiting notice at the lower right. |
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| Obverse lettering | 100 BANQUE DE LA RÉPUBLIQUE DU MALI 100 CENT FRANCS LE 22 SEPTEMBRE 1960 MINISTRE DES FINANCES GOUVERNEUR DE LA BANQUE N° de série TOUT CONTREFACTEUR ET COMPLICE SERONT PUNIS PAR LA LOI EN VIGUEUR 100 100 (Translation: Bank of the Republic of Mali - One Hundred Francs - 22 September 1960 - Minister of Finance - Governor of the Bank - Any counterfeiter and accomplice will be punished by the law in force) |
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Mali's 1960 independence from French West Africa required an immediate break from the CFA franc system, and the new republic moved quickly — this note was among the first issued under the Banque de la République du Mali before the country briefly rejoined the West African monetary union years later. The choice of printer is striking: Státní Tiskárna Cenin in Prague was a Czechoslovak state security printer, and its selection by a newly independent Francophone African state signals the non-aligned political maneuvering common among post-colonial governments seeking to distance themselves from French institutional dependencies.
Mali eventually abandoned its own currency in 1967, making this entire series short-lived.