10 000 Francs

Obverse

Yellow. Front: French text; emblem of the Union of the Comoros in gold-to-purple OVI; Friday Mosque in Moroni; Grand Moufti Al-Habib Saïd Omar Bin Soumeit.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
10000

TSILUHU TSI KADIMIYA YE MHUWU
TSAMBIYA YE MWANA YAZIDI MAHA
-"KUNEHA KWIYI BO MSANKANSI
HA YISHIYA TSI SHEWUSHA YE MWANSHE
-"KUNTRA HAYANI BO DALAMBWANI
"BA MAFAHAYA YANU YAPVWA MWANADAMU

2025

BANQUE CENTRALE DES COMORES
DIX MILLE FRANCS

Translation:
I spoke to the eldest
I spoke to the ones most advanved in age
Will you preserve my authority, paddle-carrier
He listened to me, I turned to the cadet
Do you keep any respect for me, night smuggler of the sea
Prestige is an attrubute of man
Central Bank of the Comoros, Ten Thousand Francs

Reverse

Arabic and French text; green vanilla pods; green sea turtle; ylang-ylang (cananga tree, Cananga odorata) flowers; and poem by Mbaye Trambwe.

Scripts: Arabic, Latin

Lettering:
١٠٠٠٠

LES AUTEURS OU COMPLICES DE FALSIFICATION OU DE
CONTREFAÇON DE BILLETS DE BANQUE SERONT PUNIS
CONFORMÉMENT AUX LOIS ET ACTES EN VIGUEUR

البنك المركزى القمرى
عشرة الاف فرنك

Translation: 10000, The authors or accomplices of falsification or counterfeiting of banknotes will be punished in accordance with the laws and acts in force., Central Bank of the Comoros, Ten Thousand Francs

Watermark

Crescent moon with BCC and electrotype stars.

Signature

Printer

See also

• Turtle or tortoise

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Date	Signatures				VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC	References
Undetermined
2025	YI										TBB# 312a Owen W. Linzmayer. The Banknote Book (4 volumes).

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