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500 Francs
| Issuer | Banque Centrale des États de l'Afrique de l'Ouest |
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| Year | 1981-1990 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse description | Pale olive-green and multicolor underprint with a vignette of zebus (long-horned cattle) at center. Decorative artwork panel at left, portrait of a man wearing a traditional hat at right. Guilloche borders frame the composition. |
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| Signature(s) | 1981 - Abdoulaye Koné and Abdoulaye Fadiga 1981 - Edmond Ki and Abdoulaye Fadiga 1982 - Edmond Ki and Abdoulaye Fadiga 1983 - Edmond Ki and Abdoulaye Fadiga 1984 - Hamid Algabid and Abdoulaye Fadiga 1985 - Hamid Algabid and Abdoulaye Fadiga 1986 - Boukary Adji and Abdoulaye Fadiga 1987 - Mamadou Touré and Abdoulaye Fadiga 1988 - Mamadou Touré and Abdoulaye Fadiga 1989 - Komla Alipui and Abdoulaye Fadiga 1990 - Komla Alipui and Abdoulaye Fadiga 1990 - Abdoulaye Koné and Alassane Ouattara 1990 - Ildephonse Lemon and Alassane Ouattara |
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Abdoulaye Fadiga's signature anchors nearly the entire run — he served as BCEAO Governor from 1975 to 1990, an unusually long tenure that accounts for his presence across almost every annual signature combination in this series. The one significant break comes at the very end: Alassane Ouattara replaced him in 1990, the same Ouattara who would later serve twice as President of Côte d'Ivoire.
The rotating countersignatories on the left reflect the ministerial carousel among member states — Niger, Burkina Faso, Togo, Mali — each country holding the rotating presidency of the Council of Ministers at different points. Algabid, who signs for 1984–85, subsequently became Secretary-General of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation.