Banknotes from French Equatorial Africa

French Equatorial Africa (Afrique Equatoriale Française, AEF) was a French colonial territory in Central Africa comprised of the various colonial provinces of Tchad, Gabon, Moyen-Congo, and Ubangi-Shari, united into one administrative entity in 1910 following their acquisition by France in the Scramble for Africa. The colony provided troops for France during WWI, and was the first to switch allegiance under its Governor Félix Éboué to Free France under de Gaulle in July 1940. The first coins issued there by Free France in 1943 were of 5, 10, 25, 50 centimes and 1 Franc. Following the war it started using the CFA Franc, with issues beginning in 1948 in aluminium. Its constituent parts eventually gained independence from France in 1960 as Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, Central African Republic, Cameroon and Chad.
Wikidata: Q271894

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Franc (1917-1945)

1 Franc = 100 Centimes

50 Centimes
ND (1917)

Standard banknote: 1917 ND Emergency Issue
115 × 75 mm
P# 1, N# 268239
1 Franc
ND (1917)

Standard banknote: 1917 ND Emergency Issue
115 × 75 mm
P# 2, N# 268240
2 Francs
ND (1917)

Standard banknote: 1917 ND Emergency Issue
115 × 75 mm
P# 3, N# 268241
Available for swap 5 Francs
ND (1941-1944)

Standard banknote: 1941 ND Issue
120 × 80 mm
P# 6, N# 213928
Available for swap 5 Francs
ND (1941-1944)

Standard banknote: Law of 2.12.1941
114 × 73 mm
P# 10, N# 268254
5 Francs
1944

Standard banknote: Law of 2.2.1944
114 × 74 mm
P# 15, N# 213368
10 Francs
ND (1943-1944)

Standard banknote: Law of 2.12.1941
125 × 75 mm
P# 11, N# 232603
10 Francs
ND (1944)

Standard banknote: Law of 2.2.1944
125 × 75 mm
P# 16, N# 268259
20 Francs
ND (1941)

Standard banknote: Law of 2.12.1941
135 × 75 mm
P# 12, N# 268255
20 Francs
ND (1944)

Standard banknote: Law of 2.2.1944
135 × 75 mm
P# 17, N# 268260
25 Francs
1923-1925

Standard banknote

P# 3A, N# 268245
25 Francs
ND (1941)

Standard banknote: 1941 ND Issue
140 × 90 mm
P# 7, N# 268251
100 Francs
ND (1941)

Standard banknote: 1941 ND Issue
163 × 95 mm
P# 8, N# 264865
100 Francs
ND (1941)

Standard banknote: Law of 2.12.1941
155 × 100 mm
P# 13, N# 268256
100 Francs
ND (1944)

Standard banknote: Law of 2.2.1944
155 × 100 mm
P# 18, N# 201872
1000 Francs
1940

Standard banknote
217 × 140 mm
P# 4, N# 268248
1000 Francs
ND (1941)

Standard banknote: Law of 2.12.1941
185 × 112 mm
P# 14, N# 268257
1000 Francs
ND (1942-1943)

Standard banknote: 1941 ND Issue
198 × 112 mm
P# 9, N# 268252
1000 Francs
ND (1944)

Standard banknote: Law of 2.2.1944
185 × 112 mm
P# 19, N# 268264

CFA franc (1945-1960)

100 Centimes = 1 Franc

Available for swap 5 Francs - Bougainville
ND (1947)

Standard banknote: 1947-1952 ND Issue
112 × 60 mm
P# 20B, N# 213365
5 Francs - Bougainville
ND (1957)

Standard banknote: 1957 ND Issue
104 × 56 mm
P# 28, N# 268273
10 Francs - Colbert
ND (1947)

Standard banknote: 1947-1952 ND Issue
122 × 66 mm
P# 21, N# 219277
10 Francs - Colbert
ND (1957-1958)

Standard banknote: 1957 ND Issue
116 × 64 mm
P# 29, N# 208243
20 Francs - Emile Gentil
ND (1947)

Standard banknote: 1947-1952 ND Issue
136 × 73 mm
P# 22, N# 220120
20 Francs - Emile Gentil
ND (1957)

Standard banknote: 1957 ND Issue
136 × 73 mm
P# 30, N# 268274
Available for swap 50 Francs - Belain d'Esnambuc
ND (1947)

Standard banknote: 1947-1952 ND Issue
144 × 77 mm
P# 23, N# 220122
50 Francs
ND (1957)

Standard banknote: 1957 ND Issue
115 × 75 mm
P# 31, N# 208240
Available for swap 100 Francs (La Bourdonnais)
ND (1947)

Standard banknote: 1947-1952 ND Issue
164 × 88 mm
P# 24, N# 220123
100 Francs
ND (1957)

Standard banknote: 1957 ND Issue
128 × 82 mm
P# 32, N# 219996
500 Francs
ND (1949)

Standard banknote: 1947-1952 ND Issue
180 × 96 mm
P# 25, N# 268267
500 Francs
ND (1957)

Standard banknote: 1957 ND Issue
140 × 90 mm
P# 33, N# 268275
1000 Francs
ND (1947)

Standard banknote: 1947-1952 ND Issue
193 × 103 mm
P# 26, N# 268268
1000 Francs
ND (1957)

Standard banknote: 1957 ND Issue
158 × 103 mm
P# 34, N# 268277
5000 Francs
ND (1952)

Standard banknote: 1947-1952 ND Issue
200 × 107 mm
P# 27, N# 268270

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