fwo_385583 - WEST AFRICAN STATES (BCEAO) 100 Francs BCEAO masque 1976 Paris
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Price : 5.00 €
Type : 100 Francs BCEAO masque
Date: 1976
Mint name / Town : Paris
Quantity minted : 11575000
Metal : nickel
Diameter : 26 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Edge : striée
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : BANQUE CENTRALE DES ETATS DE L’AFRIQUE DE L’OUEST.
Obverse description : symbole de la BCEAO.
Reverse
Reverse legend : UNION MONETAIRE OUEST-AFRICAINE // 100 / FRANCS // 1976.
Reverse description : dans le champ, fleurs.
Historical background
WEST AFRICAN STATES (BCEAO)
(1956-)
The Central Bank of West African States (BCEAO) is the principal monetary institution of the West African Economic and Monetary Union (WAEMU), which comprises Benin, Burkina Faso, Côte d'Ivoire, Mali, Niger, Senegal, and Togo. Its headquarters are located in Dakar. It succeeded the French West Africa and Togo Issuing Institute. The Bank of France guarantees the convertibility of the CFA franc into the French franc and, from 1999, into the euro..
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