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500 Francs Black bank name and value
| Issuer | Banque Centrale des États de l'Afrique de l'Ouest |
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| Year | 1981-1990 |
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| Size | 137 × 75 mm |
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| Obverse description | A traditional African carved wooden mask occupies the left side of the note, while the central vignette presents a herd of Zebu cattle in open pasture, accompanied by a herdsman at right. The denomination and issuing bank name appear in intaglio lettering across the upper and lower registers of the face. |
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| Reverse description | An oil palm tree anchors the left portion of the design, with a central aerial vignette of a traditional African village settlement, and a carved wooden mask at right forming a visual counterpart to the obverse motif. The warning inscription against forgery runs along the lower margin in French. |
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The BCEAO's 500 Francs series is notable for how cleanly it maps political turnover across eight member states: the left signature rotates through the finance ministers of Benin, Burkina Faso, Côte d'Ivoire, Guinea-Bissau, Mali, Niger, Senegal, and Togo, while Abdoulaye Fadiga held the Governorship continuously from 1975 until his death in 1988 — making the transition to Alassane Ouattara on the final signature combinations a precise archival marker. Ouattara later served as Prime Minister of Côte d'Ivoire and ultimately its President.
The "K" suffix on the Pick number denotes the Senegal country code, meaning this specific note was valid only within Senegal despite being issued by a multinational central bank.