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5000 Francs
| Issuer | Banque Centrale des États de l'Afrique de l'Ouest |
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| Year | 1992-2003 |
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| Value | 5000 Francs CFA (5000 XOF) |
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| Reverse description | Multicolour. Central vignette of two women carrying decorated clay pottery, with a busy market scene of women and children in the background at left centre. 'BANQUE CENTRALE DES ÉTATS DE L'AFRIQUE DE L'OUEST' and value '5000' at top; 'BCEAO' vertically at right. |
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| Protection description | Woman wearing headdress with cowrie shells |
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The BCEAO's 5000 Franc denomination is the workhorse of the upper-value range across the eight-member West African Economic and Monetary Union, and this long-running series reflects the political churn of the 1990s more transparently than most. The left signature — the national minister — rotates frequently as governments changed across member states, while Charles Konan Banny held the governorship from 1994 through the full remainder of the series, a tenure that itself became politically charged during Côte d'Ivoire's post-2000 instability.
Alassane Ouattara's appearance on the 1992–1993 issues is worth noting: he served as BCEAO Governor before becoming Prime Minister of Côte d'Ivoire, later President. The 1992 signature pairing with Frédéric Korsaga — Burkina Faso's finance minister at the time — pins the issuing country for that variety to Burkina Faso.