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West African States banknotes
West African States paper money catalog and WAS currency history

• A brief monetary history:
  • French and French West Africa currency, till 1958
  • CFA West Franc = (CFA Central Franc) = 100 Centimes

• A -Ivory Coast
• B -Benin (Dahomey)
• C -Burkina Faso (Upper Volta)
• D -Mali (seceded 1962-1984 see Mali)
• E -Mauritania (seceded in 1973 see Mauritania)
• H -Niger
• K -Senegal
• S -Guinea-Bissau (joined in 1997; 1975-1996 see Guinea-Bissau)
• T -Togo

• For earlier issues see:
  • French West Africa, till 1958

• To purchase West African States banknotes, please check our inventory :
  [ World Banknotes (part 1): countries A-F ] - [ World Banknotes (part 2): countries G-M ] - [ World Banknotes (part 3): countries N-Z ]

Pick #	Date
		West African States (French West African colonies till 1958)
1-5	1958-9	50, 100, 500, 1.000, 5.000 francs (without code letters)
x01-x04	1959-(77)	100, 500, 1.000, 5.000 francs
x05-x09	(1977-81)	500, 500, 1.000, 5.000, 10.000 francs
x10-x14	(1991-2003)	500, 1.000, 2.500, 5.000, 10.000 francs
x15-x18	(2003-)	1.000, 2.000, 5.000, 10.000 francs