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| Issuer | Banque Centrale des États de l'Afrique de l'Ouest |
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| Year | 2003-2025 |
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| Size | 130 x 66 mm |
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| Obverse lettering | BANQUE CENTRALE DES ÉTATS DE L'AFRIQUE DE L'OUEST 2000 DEUX MILLE FRANCS CFA C |
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| Protection type | Watermark, Security thread |
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The CFA franc zone's monetary governance structure is legible directly on these notes: each signature pair represents a national minister (rotating by member state) countersigning alongside the BCEAO Governor — which is why the minister's name changes so frequently while the Governor's tenure is longer. Banny held the Governorship from 1994 to 2007; Dacoury-Tabley and then Koné succeeded him in turn. José Mário Vaz, who signed in 2010–2011 as Guinea-Bissau's finance minister, later became that country's president in 2014.
The sheer number of signature combinations across this single Pick number makes date identification essential for precise cataloging.