West African States - Benin 5,000 Francs Banknote, 2002, P-213Bl, UNC

The West African States 5,000 Francs banknote is part of the 2002 issues. It is blue, yellow, red, and green in color and measures 163 x 80 mm. The obverse side shows a sawfish figurine as a registration device, a uranium mine, and a young woman wearing a cowrie headdress. The reverse side features a penal code, a woman and children at a pottery market with palm trees, and a sawfish figurine. This banknote uses a STRAP windowed and a solid security thread and contains a watermark with a young woman wearing a cowrie headdress design.