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1000 Francs
| Issuer | Banque des États de l'Afrique Centrale - République Populaire du Congo |
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| Year | 1985 |
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| Currency | CFA franc (Bank of Central African States, 1973-date) |
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| Obverse description | An animal carving vignette appears at lower left, with a map of the six BEAC member states at centre and an unfinished outline map of Chad at upper centre. Inscriptions include the issuing authority, denomination, and signature titles flanking the central vignette, all set against a multicoloured guilloche underprint. |
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| Signature(s) | Oye Mba / Tchepannou |
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The Banque des États de l'Afrique Centrale — the BEAC — is a multinational central bank serving six franc zone countries simultaneously, which means this note circulated legally across Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, and Gabon. The "République Populaire du Congo" designation is specific to Brazzaville's Marxist-Leninist government, which held that name from 1970 until 1991. Notes were differentiated by country code rather than entirely separate designs, keeping production costs down across the series.
Oye Mba later became Prime Minister of Gabon — an unusual trajectory for a central bank signatory.