{"id":48985,"date":"2026-03-02T12:38:24","date_gmt":"2026-03-02T20:38:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/banknotenews.com\/?p=48985"},"modified":"2026-03-15T16:28:01","modified_gmt":"2026-03-15T23:28:01","slug":"comoros-new-10000-franc-note-b312a-reportedly-introduced-06-01-2026-duplicate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/banknotenews.com\/?p=48985","title":{"rendered":"Comoros new 5,000-franc note (B311a) confirmed introduced 06.01.2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>On 5 January 2026, the Banque Centrale des Comores introduced more robust 5,000- and 10,000-franc notes that are like the preceding issues, but with enhanced security features, most notably the emblem of the Union of the Comoros in OVI and a new holographic stripe. Also notable is the switch to a single signature, that of governor Dr. Younoussa Imani.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1622\" height=\"859\" src=\"https:\/\/banknotenews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Comoros_BCC_5000_francs_2025.00.00_B311a_PNL_H_7834826_f.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-49512\" srcset=\"https:\/\/banknotenews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Comoros_BCC_5000_francs_2025.00.00_B311a_PNL_H_7834826_f.jpg 1622w, https:\/\/banknotenews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Comoros_BCC_5000_francs_2025.00.00_B311a_PNL_H_7834826_f-300x159.jpg 300w, https:\/\/banknotenews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Comoros_BCC_5000_francs_2025.00.00_B311a_PNL_H_7834826_f-768x407.jpg 768w, https:\/\/banknotenews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Comoros_BCC_5000_francs_2025.00.00_B311a_PNL_H_7834826_f-1536x813.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/banknotenews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Comoros_BCC_5000_francs_2025.00.00_B311a_PNL_H_7834826_f-465x246.jpg 465w, https:\/\/banknotenews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Comoros_BCC_5000_francs_2025.00.00_B311a_PNL_H_7834826_f-695x368.jpg 695w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1622px) 100vw, 1622px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1619\" height=\"846\" src=\"https:\/\/banknotenews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Comoros_BCC_5000_francs_2025.00.00_B311a_PNL_H_7834826_r.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-49513\" srcset=\"https:\/\/banknotenews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Comoros_BCC_5000_francs_2025.00.00_B311a_PNL_H_7834826_r.jpg 1619w, https:\/\/banknotenews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Comoros_BCC_5000_francs_2025.00.00_B311a_PNL_H_7834826_r-300x157.jpg 300w, https:\/\/banknotenews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Comoros_BCC_5000_francs_2025.00.00_B311a_PNL_H_7834826_r-768x401.jpg 768w, https:\/\/banknotenews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Comoros_BCC_5000_francs_2025.00.00_B311a_PNL_H_7834826_r-1536x803.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/banknotenews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Comoros_BCC_5000_francs_2025.00.00_B311a_PNL_H_7834826_r-465x243.jpg 465w, https:\/\/banknotenews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Comoros_BCC_5000_francs_2025.00.00_B311a_PNL_H_7834826_r-695x363.jpg 695w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1619px) 100vw, 1619px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>B311 <\/strong>(PNL): <strong>5,000 francs<\/strong> (US$12)<br>Purple. Front: French text; emblem of the Union of the Comoros in gold-to-purple OVI; Karthala volcano crater on Grande Comore; President Sa\u00efd Mohamed Cheikh; poem; pinwheel as registration device. Back: Arabic and French text; pinwheel as registration device; baobab (Adansonia digitata) tree; shore; nautilus; poem by Mbaye Trambwe. Holographic stripe. Solid security thread with printed <em>BCC<\/em>. Watermark: Crescent moon with <em>BCC<\/em> and electrotype stars. Printer: (Banque de France). 138 x 73 mm. Paper.<br>a. 2025. Sig. 10: Imani. Intro: 05.01.2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Courtesy of <a href=\"http:\/\/jeromecollection.com\/\">JeromeCollection.com<\/a> and Thomas Augustsson.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On 5 January 2026, the Banque Centrale des Comores introduced more robust 5,000- and 10,000-franc notes that are like the preceding issues, but with enhanced security features, most notably the emblem of the Union of the Comoros in OVI and a new holographic stripe. Also notable is the switch to<span class=\"more-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/banknotenews.com\/?p=48985\">Read More\u2026<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":49512,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,337],"tags":[276],"class_list":["entry","author-owenink","post-48985","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-africa","category-new-note","tag-comoros"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/banknotenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48985","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/banknotenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/banknotenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banknotenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banknotenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=48985"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/banknotenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48985\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":49617,"href":"https:\/\/banknotenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48985\/revisions\/49617"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banknotenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/49512"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/banknotenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=48985"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banknotenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=48985"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banknotenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=48985"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}