Brown print; black serial numbers. Two reclining women with ox (Bos taurus) and tiger (Panthera tigris) at bottom, elephant (Loxodonta sp.) columns at left and right. Text in French, Arabic and Amharic.
Reverse description
Brown print. Circle at centre, squares in corners.
Signature(s)
Jean Hély d`Oissel, Simon Marie Joseph Alphonse Stanislas,
Protection type
Watermark
Protection description
Woman`s head.
Obverse lettering
LA LOI PUNIT LE CONTREFACTEUR
BANQUE DE L`INDO-CHINE
DJIBOUTI, le 2 Janvier 1920
አንድ መቶ ፍራንክ مئة فرنك
CENT FRANCS
payables en espèces au porteur
Un Administrateur, L`Admr-Directeur
፻ نك ١٠٠
100
A-BRAMTOT ET G.DUVAL.FEC CH-WULLSCHLEGER.SC. (Translation: The law punishes the counterfeiter. Bank of Indochina. Djibouti, January 2nd, 1920. One hundred francs. Payable in cash to bearer. An administrator, the director administrator. 100.)
Reverse lettering
L`ARTICLE 139 DU CODE PÉNAL
PUNIT DES TRAVAUX FORCÉS CEUX QUI AURONT
CONTREFAIT OU FALSIFIÉ LES BILLET DE BANQUE AUTORISÉS
PAR LA LOI AINSI QUE CEUX QUI AURONT FAIT USAGE
DE CES BILLETS CONTREFAITS OU FALSIFIÉS
BANQUE DE L`INDO-CHINE (Translation: Article 139 of the penal code punishes with forced labor those who have counterfeit or falsified banknotes authorized by law as well as those who have made use of these counterfeit or falsified notes. Bank of Indochina.)