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| Issuer | Banque Centrale des États de l'Afrique de l'Ouest |
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| Year | 2012-2025 |
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| Value | 500 Francs CFA CFA (500 XOF) |
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| Obverse description | Brown and orange multicolor note with a central vignette of a stylized West African tribal mask in intaglio, set against a guilloche underprint. The issuer's name "BANQUE CENTRALE DES ÉTATS DE L'AFRIQUE DE L'OUEST" is printed vertically at left. Denomination "500" appears in large numerals at upper right and lower left, with "CINQ CENTS FRANCS CFA" at lower right. |
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| Reverse description | Brown and orange multicolor note centered on a vignette of a hippopotamus standing in a natural setting, rendered in intaglio against a guilloche underprint with geometric border patterns above and below. "BANQUE CENTRALE DES ÉTATS DE L'AFRIQUE DE L'OUEST" runs vertically at left, with "B.C.E.A.O" and "CINQ CENTS FRANCS CFA" at right alongside signature fields for LE GOUVERNEUR and LE PRÉSIDENT DU CONSEIL DES MINISTRES. |
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| Signature(s) | 2012 - Tiena Coulibaly and Tiémoko Meyliet Koné 2013 - Tiena Coulibaly and Tiémoko Meyliet Koné 2014 - Tiena Coulibaly and Tiémoko Meyliet Koné 2015 - Gilles Baillet and Tiémoko Meyliet Koné 2016 - Saïdou Sidibé and Tiémoko Meyliet Koné 2017 - Amadou Ba and Tiémoko Meyliet Koné 2018 - Amadou Ba and Tiémoko Meyliet Koné |
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