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100 Francs
| Issuer | Banque Centrale des États de l'Afrique de l'Ouest |
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| Year | 1961-1965 |
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| Composition | Paper |
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| Reverse description | Multicolour reverse with a full portrait of a young African woman in profile at left, wearing braided hair and a beaded necklace, set against a decorative guilloche underprint in orange and green. The denomination is printed in large blue intaglio lettering at centre right, flanked by ornamental scrollwork panels. A legal warning text panel appears at lower right. |
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| Signature(s) | 1961 - Robert Tézenas du Montcel and Robert Julienne 1961 - Bertin Borna and Robert Julienne 1961 - Alpha Ba Bocar and Robert Julienne 1961 - Bamba Ould Yezid and Robert Julienne 1964 - Bertin Borna and Robert Julienne 1965 - Bamba Ould Yezid and Robert Julienne |
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The BCEAO was established in 1959 as the successor institution to the Institut d'Émission de l'Afrique Occidentale Française et du Togo, giving the newly independent Francophone West African states a shared central bank while keeping them tied to the CFA franc — and, effectively, to French monetary policy. This 100 Francs series reflects the political transitional moment precisely: multiple signature combinations across just four years track the rapid turnover of national representatives on the bank's board as each member state adjusted its appointments post-independence.
The "H" suffix in the Pick reference designates the Mauritanian issue. Mauritania withdrew from the BCEAO arrangement in 1973 when it left the West African Monetary Union to establish its own currency, the Ouguiya.