CFA francs Central Africa

This colourful set of banknotes is currently in use as a means of payment in the six Central African states of the CFA monetary union: Cameroon, Chad, Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon and Central African Republic. Issued by the Yaoundé-based Bank of Central African States, these banknotes have been in circulation since 2002. They feature themes including agriculture, trade, transport and industry. In addition to current Central African CFA franc banknotes, we also exchange withdrawn older type banknotes of the CFA central franc.

These Central African CFA franc banknotes were issued from 1992 until 2002 by the 'Banque des États de l'Afrique Centrale', based in Yaoundé Cameroon. The Central African States are a group of countries in Africa that use the central CFA franc as their national currency: Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo (Brazzaville), Equitorial Guinea and Gabon. These old style CFA franc banknotes are no longer in use but can be exchanged using our online service. In addition to withdrawn Central African CFA franc banknotes, we also exchange current CFA franc paper money.