+5 CFA Franc BCEAO (XOF)
The CFA Franc BCEAO is issued by the Central Bank of West African States (BCEAO).
- Alphabetic code
- XOF
- Numeric code
- 952
- Symbol
- F CFA
- Minor units
- 0
- Example
- F CFA 1,235
- Used in
- Benin, Burkina Faso, Côte d’Ivoire, Guinea-Bissau, Mali, Niger, Senegal, Togo
History
- 1945 The CFA franc is created on 26 December for France’s African colonies.
- 1994 In January the CFA franc is devalued by half against the French franc, from 50 to 100 CFA francs per French franc.
- 1999 On 1 January the CFA franc is pegged to the euro at 655.957 CFA francs per euro, replacing its peg to the French franc.