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5000 Francs
| Issuer | Banque Centrale - République du Cameroun |
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| Year | 1961 |
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| Currency | CFA franc (Central bank of Equatorial African States and Cameroon, 1961-1973) |
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| Obverse description | Multicolour intaglio note with a portrait of President Ahmadou Ahidjo at right and an architectural building vignette at left, set against a guilloche underprint. A bilingual overprinted denomination in English at lower left — reading FIVE THOUSAND FRANCS — distinguishes this issue (P#9) from the French-only P#8. Decorative foliate borders and fine-line security underprinting are characteristic of Banque de France production. |
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| Reverse lettering | RÉPUBLIQUE DU CAMEROUN LES AUTEURS OU COMPLICES DES FALSIFICATIONS OU DE CONTREFAÇON DE BILLETS DE BANQUE SERONT PUNIS CONFORMÉMENT AUX LOIS ET ACTES EN VIGUEUR (Translation: Republic of Cameroon — Those who author or are complicit in the falsification or counterfeiting of banknotes will be punished in accordance with the laws and acts in force.) |
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Cameroun's first post-independence banknotes presented an administrative puzzle: the country had federated its French and British territories in 1961, yet monetary authority remained anchored to Paris through the Banque de France printing contract and the CFA franc zone arrangements. This note, issued in that first federal year, circulated under the Banque Centrale de la République du Cameroun before the institution was absorbed into the Banque des États de l'Afrique Centrale in 1972.
The Banque de France produced a comparatively small run for this denomination and date combination. P#9 is among the scarcer picks from the early Cameroonian series.