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100 Francs
| Issuer | Banque de l'Indochine |
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| Year | 1945 |
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| Value | 100 Francs |
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| Obverse description | Printed entirely in green on a guilloche-patterned ground, the obverse carries the large denomination numeral "100" within a circular guilloche vignette at left and a matching ornamental roundel at right, with the words "CENT FRANCS" in bold letterpress at centre. Two manuscript signatures appear beneath the titles "LE PRÉSIDENT" and "LE DIRECTEUR GÉNÉRAL", flanked by the serial number and prefix letter. A statutory anti-counterfeiting warning in small text occupies the lower centre, with the place name "DJIBOUTI" and the imprint "GOVERNMENT PRINTER, PALESTINE" at the foot. |
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| Obverse lettering | BANQUE DE L'INDOCHINE CENT FRANCS L'ARTICLE 139 DU CODE PÉNAL PUNIT DES TRAVAUX FORCÈS CEUX QUI AURONT CONTREFAIT OU FALSIFIÉ LES BILLETS DE BANQUES AUTORISÉES PAR LA LOI DJIBOUTI LE PRÉSIDENT LE DIRECTEUR GÉNÉRAL 100 GOVERNMENT PRINTER, PALESTINE (Translation: Bank of Indochina. One hundred francs. Article 139 of the penal code punishes with forced labour those who have counterfeited or falsified banknotes authorised by law. Djibouti. The President. The General Director.) |
| Reverse description | Printed in green, the reverse is framed by a leafy guilloche border. A central rectangular vignette depicts a coastal palm grove, with several tall palms rising above low scrub beside a calm shoreline. To the left is a large geometric guilloche roundel, and to the right the numeral "10" — representing the second digit of the denomination — appears within a matching decorative panel. "DJIBOUTI" is inscribed at the foot, with the printer's imprint "EMIL M. PIKOVSKY LTD JERUSALEM" in Hebrew and Latin script below. |
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