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West African Monetary Union
Benin Burkina-Faso Cote-d'Ivoire
Guinea-Bissau Mali Niger
Senegal Togo


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Issue of 1977-1990:
West African Monetary Union, 500 CFA francs 1983, P106Af West African Monetary Union, 500 CFA francs 1983, P106Af West African Monetary Union, 1000 CFA francs 1981, P406Db West African Monetary Union, 1000 CFA francs 1981, P406Db
Issue of 1991-2002:
West African Monetary Union, 500 CFA francs, P810Td West African Monetary Union, 500 CFA francs, P810Td West African Monetary Union, 1000 CFA francs, P111Ak West African Monetary Union, 1000 CFA francs, P111Ak
West African Monetary Union, 2500 CFA francs, P212Bc West African Monetary Union, 2500 CFA francs, P212Bc West African Monetary Union, 5000 CFA francs, P713Kj West African Monetary Union, 5000 CFA francs, P713Kj
West African Monetary Union, 10.000 CFA francs, P714Kj West African Monetary Union, 10.000 CFA francs, P714Kj
Issue of 2003:
West African Monetary Union, 1000 CFA francs 2003, P715Ka West African Monetary Union, 1000 CFA francs 2003, P715Ka West African Monetary Union, 2000 CFA francs 2003, P116Aa West African Monetary Union, 2000 CFA francs 2003, P116Aa
West African Monetary Union, 5000 CFA francs 2003, P817Ta West African Monetary Union, 5000 CFA francs 2003, P817Ta

West African Monetary Union includes 8 countries: Benin, Burkina-Faso, Cote-d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast), Guinea-Bissau, Mali, Niger, Senegal and Togo nowadays, the currency is CFA franc. The banknotes are common for all these countries, and their exchange rate was tied to the french franc. 1 CFA franc equals 100 centimes. Banknote series' prefixes shows the country of the banknotes' origin:

A - Cote d'Ivoire
B- Benin
C - Burkina Faso
D - Mali
E - Mauritania
H - Niger
K - Senegal
S - Guinea-Bissau
T - Togo

In 1962-1969 Mali left the Monetary Union and issued it's own franc. Click here to see details.

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