Evidence coverage: 1945–1999. This is the span of collected observations, not the currency’s lifetime.
This record includes associated currencies and earlier interpretations. The article selects the evidence relevant to its own history.
Evidence within this identity, not separate currencies.
Dated changes of monetary basis; founding ancestry remains above.
XOF acquired an explicit euro anchor from 1 January 1999 under the continuing monetary cooperation arrangements.
1 January 1999 · euro anchor introduced
655.957 XOF per EUR.
Continuing monetary cooperation arrangements with an explicitly published euro parity.
The two CFA units remain distinct. The earlier French-franc anchor is retained in evidence and awaits a separately dated operational record. Ending and current operation are not assessed here.
No ending established here; this is not a claim of current operation. Excluded from ancestry, sibling relationships and depth.
Evidence and relationship details Register entry →The western territorial CFA lineage branches from metropolitan-franc reckoning in1945 and continues through later union institutions.
Sources and qualifications →Includes dated issues, standards, subdivisions and institutional changes. Each event retains the source's date qualifications.
The BCAO dates the common CFA framework to 26 December 1945. This is an ancestral framework anchor, not a claim that today's western and central issuing zones were already identical to their later form.
C532The western CFA branch develops under BCAO. 1959 is an institutional marker, not a fresh redenomination or first CFA coinage.
C750Mali returns to CFA currency. Territorial return to an existing currency, not creation of XOF from the Malian franc.
C761Guinea-Bissau exchanges pesos for CFA francs. Currency changeover is separate from union accession.
C764Dated observations, not a proven complete lifespan.
The BCEAO dates the common CFA framework to 26 December 1945. This is an ancestral framework anchor, not a claim that today's western and central issuing zones were already identical to their later form.
The western CFA branch develops under BCEAO. 1959 is an institutional marker, not a fresh redenomination or first CFA coinage.
Named short source page; relevant history/definition passage as reported in the handoff.
Named short source page; relevant history/definition passage as reported in the handoff.
Handoff acceptance is not a claim that every source was independently reread.
Western CFA devaluation takes effect. Decision on 11 January; not a new CFA unit.
Named short source page; relevant history/definition passage as reported in the handoff.
Mali: PDF p.64; 1994: PDF p.77
Handoff acceptance is not a claim that every source was independently reread.
Western CFA euro anchor.
Named short source page; relevant history/definition passage as reported in the handoff.
Named short source page; relevant history/definition passage as reported in the handoff.
Handoff acceptance is not a claim that every source was independently reread.
Guinea leaves CFA currency for its own franc.
Named short source page; relevant history/definition passage as reported in the handoff.
Handoff acceptance is not a claim that every source was independently reread.
Mali introduces its own franc.
Mali, PDF p.157
Historical reference, not a 2026 legal-status audit.
Only selected country milestones used.
Mali returns to CFA currency. Territorial return to an existing currency, not creation of XOF from the Malian franc.
S43, PDF p.157; S28, PDF p.92
Handoff acceptance is not a claim that every source was independently reread.
S43, PDF p.157; S28, PDF p.92
Handoff acceptance is not a claim that every source was independently reread.
S43, PDF p.157; S28, PDF p.92
Historical reference, not a 2026 legal-status audit.
Only selected country milestones used.
Mauritania introduces the ouguiya. Effective date per Bundesbank; earlier political decisions should be separate events.
Mauritania, PDF p.160
Historical reference, not a 2026 legal-status audit.
Only selected country milestones used.
Guinea-Bissau exchanges pesos for CFA francs. Currency changeover is separate from union accession.
Guinea-Bissau, PDF p.107
Historical reference, not a 2026 legal-status audit.
Only selected country milestones used.
Reconnect western CFA profile to the existing early CFA account lineage. Evidence documents inherited notes and same-unit recognition through 1955/1959/1962 institutions. Do not add BAO/institute/BCEAO issuer nodes or label 1962 a monetary birth. This is regional continuity of an existing currency; exact west/central differentiation remains unadjudicated. An identity merge/alias may be preferable if the parent is only an issuer-era duplicate.
Corrected interpretation: Revision 27 supplies a new evidence basis for R-V25-009. Replacement evidence: C1585.
Printed p 60 / PDF p 81, Encadré n°5 Une tradition d’émission monétaire vieille de 150 ans; Tiers-Monde 4, nos 13–14 (1963), pp 275–277; p 275 inspected
Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.
Printed p 60 / PDF p 81, Encadré n°5 Une tradition d’émission monétaire vieille de 150 ans; Tiers-Monde 4, nos 13–14 (1963), pp 275–277; p 275 inspected
Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.
Original article’s first-page transcription read; later pages not inspected.
The western territorial CFA lineage branches from metropolitan-franc reckoning in 1945 and continues through later union institutions.
Decree art1; IMF opening1; Barthélémy275–277
Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.
Decree art1; IMF opening1; Barthélémy275–277
Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.
Relevant full indexed passages inspected in search results, including six-item list and IEM transition paragraphs.
Decree art1; IMF opening1; Barthélémy275–277
Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.
Original article’s first-page transcription read; later pages not inspected.
XOF acquired an explicit euro anchor from 1 January 1999 under the continuing monetary cooperation arrangements.
1998 and 1 January 1999 entries, web lines 73–74
Handoff acceptance is not a claim that every source was independently reread.