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Banque Centrale des Etats de l’Afrique de l’Ouest Currency & Banknote Values
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The Greysheet Catalog (GSID) of the Banque Centrale des Etats de l’Afrique de l’Ouest series of West African States in the World Currency contains 1812 distinct entries with CPG® values between $1.50 and $2,750.00.
The Banque Centrale des Etats de l’Afrique de l’Ouest (Central Bank of the West African States, BCEAO) was established 4 April 1959 by the government of France to provide a continuing emissions authority for West African colonies soon to become independent. The BCEAO succeeded the Institut d’Emission de l’Afrique-Occidentale Française et du Togo which had taken over emissions responsibility from the Banque de l’Afrique Occidentale in 1955. The Banque de l’Afrique Occidentale had held responsibility for monetary emission in the area since 1903, when it succeeded the Banque du Senegal. The BCEAO was intended to operate under the umbrella of the French-African Community (Communaute Franco-Africaine) which accompanied the formation of the Fifth French Republic in 1958. Several West African members, however, declined to ratify the community arrangement. Subsequent bilateral and multilateral agreements were negotiated which led in 1962 to the formation of the West African Monetary Union (UMOA). Of necessity, the BCEAO functioned as a de facto emissions authority from 1959 until 1962. Since 1962 it has operated as a public multilateral entity under the UMOA. Its charter was revised in 1973 to provide greater African control over bank operations. Member countries are Benin, Burkina Faso, Cote d’Ivoire, Guinea-Bissau, Mali, Niger, Senegal, and Togo. Mauritania was a member until 1972; Mali left the BCEAO in 1962 but rejoined in 1984. Guinea-Bissau joined in 1997. Guinea, which was part of the original French West Africa colonial grouping, opted out of the economic union from the outset. For more information, visit www.bceao.int.
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