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5000 Francs
| Issuer | Banque des États de l'Afrique Centrale - République Populaire du Congo |
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| Year | 1974-1978 |
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| Currency | CFA franc (Bank of Central African States, 1973-date) |
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| Obverse description | Portrait vignette of a young man in traditional feathered headdress at left, rendered in fine intaglio engraving, with a scenic waterfall landscape occupying the centre-right field. An ornate decorative panel with geometric African motifs frames the right margin, and the denomination appears in bold letterpress at centre. The title RÉPUBLIQUE POPULAIRE DU CONGO is inscribed across the top banner, with two manuscript signatures captioned LE GOUVERNEUR and UN CENSEUR at centre-right. |
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| Reverse lettering | BANQUE DES ÉTATS DE L'AFRIQUE CENTRALE 5000 LES AUTEURS OU COMPLICES DE FALSIFICATION OU DE CONTREFAÇON DE BILLETS DE BANQUE SERONT PUNIS CONFORMÉMENT AUX LOIS ET ACTES EN VIGUEUR. |
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The Banque des États de l'Afrique Centrale — known by its French acronym BEAC — served as the common central bank for six franc CFA zone states in Central Africa, and this note circulated across all of them, not only in the République Populaire du Congo. The "République Populaire" designation itself dates to 1970, when the Congo adopted a Marxist-Leninist constitution under Marien Ngouabi, making the issuing authority's full title an awkward hybrid of French monetary union infrastructure and single-party socialist branding.
Four distinct signature combinations appear across the series — the Oye Mba pairings being the latest, corresponding to his tenure as BEAC Governor in the late 1970s before he moved on to lead Gabon's government.