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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Pocket Change, post: 776766, member: 8012&quot;]This may seem a bit off-topic, but it isn&#039;t.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>I spent 20+ years in Africa and one of the family&#039;s best friends is a VP at the BCEAO.&nbsp; It&#039;s probably my only claim to fame (sad, I know <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie3" alt=":(" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> )</p><p><br /></p><p>Anyway, as the various versions of the CFA were demonitorized (spelling?), people needed to bring them in so that they could be destroyed.&nbsp; After the cutoff date, the old notes and coins would be accepted nowhere, nohow.</p><p><br /></p><p>Since Africa is a poor place, I&#039;m wondering what kind of surviiving numbers we have over there?&nbsp; People couldn&#039;t afford to save lots of it in the hopes that some coin collector would show up one day!&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Heck, I was there and doing ok, but they had a 10,000 CFA note that came in at around $25 face.&nbsp; I only put 2 of those away at the time.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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