Multicolor 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 description
Multicolor. Group of figures busy picking fruit. Below, article 139 of the Penal Code is printed in a gray cartridge.
Signature(s)
Protection type
Watermark
Protection description
Woman`s head wearing a Phrygian cap.
Obverse lettering
DÉPARTEMENT 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 lettering
DÉPARTEMENT 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.)