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$CCC$ -West African CFA Franc Mystery Cache

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Hidden : 12/29/2014
Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
2 out of 5

Size: Size:   small (small)

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Geocache Description:



West African CFA Franc

The West African CFA franc (French: franc CFA;Portuguese: franco CFA or simply franc, ISO 4217 code: XOF) is the currency of eight independent states in West Africa: Benin, Burkina Faso, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Mali, Niger, Sénégal and Togo. These eight countries have a combined population of 102.5 million people (as of 2013), and a combined GDP of US$78.4 billion (as of 2012). The acronym CFA stands for Communauté Financière d'Afrique ("Financial Community of Africa") or Communauté Financière Africaine ("African Financial Community"). The currency is issued by the BCEAO (Banque Centrale des États de l'Afrique de l'Ouest, "Central Bank of the West African States"), located in Dakar, Senegal, for the members of the UEMOA (Union Économique et Monétaire Ouest Africaine, "West African Economic and Monetary Union"). The franc is nominally subdivided into 100 centimes but no centime denominations have been issued. The Central African CFA franc is of equal value to the West African CFA franc, and is in circulation in several central African states. They are both the CFA franc.



This cache is not at the posted coordinates; there is no reason to go there.

In order to locate the final for this cache, you'll need to add up the total amount of CFA Franc value on the picture above. Consider that as .XXX

For the NORTH: take the posted coords and add .XXX
For the WEST: take the posted coords and subtract .XXX

You can either park in the nearby lot and walk the trail or do some light bushwhacking...you're choice.


The theme for the 2015 Cold Cache Series is Foreign Currency. These caches will only be available from January 1st through March 31st. Get 'em while they're ho--err--COLD!

Euro New Zealand Dollar Jamaican Dollar Mexican Peso Ukrainian Hryvnia
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Additional Hints (Decrypt)

nobhg xarr uvtu. bapr gur fabj gunjf naq evire yriryf evfr, guvf znl or n jrggre pnpur cynprzrag.

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)