100 Nouveaux Francs / New Francs Overprint on P#53 - 5000 Francs

€390,441.00
IssuerRéunion (1848-date)
Year1967-1971
TypeStandard banknote
Value100 New Francs
CurrencyNew Franc (1967-2001)
CompositionPaper
Size204 × 109 mm
ShapeRectangular
PrinterBanque de France, France
No. printed
Designer(s)Robert Poughéon
Engraver(s)Obverse: Jules Piel, André Marliat
Reverse: Robert Armanelli
In circulation to
Reference(s) P#56
Obverse descriptionMulticolor printing. The wording is brown purple in color and the value `5000` in numbers is printed in dark blue. Numbering and signature are printed in black. The overprint `COUNTER-VALUE OF 100 NEW FRANCS` is printed in red at the location of the watermark. Pensive bust of Victor Schoelcher, French journalist and politician posing in front of a sea and mountain landscape. In his hand, the parchment of the abolition of slavery in the French colonies.  Two signatures varieties.
Reverse descriptionMulticolor. Group of figures busy picking fruit. Below, article 139 of the Penal Code is printed in a gray cartridge.
Signature(s)
Protection typeWatermark
Protection descriptionWoman`s head wearing a Phrygian cap.
Obverse letteringDÉPARTEMENT DE LA RÉUNION 5000 REPUBLIQUE FRANÇAISE CONTRE-VALEUR DE 100 NOUVEAUX FRANCS INSTITUT D`ÉMISSION DES DÉPARTEMENTS D`OUTRE-MER DÉPARTEMENT DE LA RÉUNION CINQ MILLE FRANCS R. POUGHEON FEC. J. PIEL - A. MARLIAT SC.
(Translation: Department of Reunion French Republic Coutervalue of 100 New Francs Issuing Institute Overseas Department Department of Reunion Five Thousand Francs)
Reverse letteringDÉPARTEMENT DE LA RÉUNION 5000 REPUBLIQUE FRANÇAISE CINQ MILLE FRANCS L`ARTICLE 139 DU CODE PÉNAL PUNIT DES TRAVAUX FORCÉS CEUX QUI AURONT CONTREFAIT OU FALSIFIÉ LES BILLETS DE BANQUE AUTORISÉES PAR LA LOI INSTITUT D`ÉMISSION DES DÉPARTEMENTS D`OUTRE-MER R. POUGHEON FEC. A. MARLIAT SC.
(Translation: Department of Reunion French Republic Five Thousand Francs Article 139 of the Penal Code punishes forced Labor those who have counterfeited or falsified banknotes authorized by Law. Issuing Institute Overseas Department.)
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Catalog ID9123620400
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