2022-04-29 Fri

The 10,000 Francs banknote of the West African States primarily features Akan weights used as a measuring system by the Akan people of West Africa.

Akan art is wide-ranging and renowned, especially for the tradition of crafting bronze gold weights, using the lost-wax casting method. The Akan used the lost-wax technique to create brass-cast weights for economic transactions involving gold. The Banque Centrale des Etats de l'Afrique de l'Ouest issued CFA franc West Africa banknotes in 6 different denominations, including this 10000 francs banknote West African CFA.

West Africa’s highest denomination banknote is this 10,000 CFA francs bill. The violet-colored note features information technology. On the obverse side of the 10,000 XOF note is the ‘@’ sign, a satellite dish, and a satellite in orbit as well as Catfish shaped brass weight of the Ashanti people for weighing gold dust. On the backside are two birds on a branch.

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