The new banknotes are already in circulation in all 6 CEMAC African Countries including Cameroon, with some unscrupulous individuals already producing fake notes.
A Bank agent in Yaoundé in a video disclosed that a customer performed a bank transaction using a fake banknote, but was immediately alerted.
To help you differentiate the real banknotes from the fake ones, these are some features on the new banknotes you need to know.
The Banknote has 6 security features which are common like the watermark, which can be seen through transparency containing the letters BEAC and 3 heads of antelopes, which constitutes the official logo of the bank of Central African States.
The next feature is the security thread, which is a dark line over the entire height of the banknote bearing the CEMAC acronym and written in small letters.
Featuring on the bank note is the image of a mask, composed of two incomplete patterns, printed on each side of the bank note and superimposed to form a complete image.
Included for the first time on the bank note is a geometric shape, to enable the visually impaired identify each note.