Multicolour print; multicolour underprint; black serial numbers. Woman facing left, holding jug at centre, government buidling at lower right. Text in French, Arabic and Amharic.
Reverse description
Multicolour print, multicolour underprint. Woman holding jug at centre, ship at lower left. Text in French, Arabic and Amharic.
Signature(s)
Emile Charles Auguste Minost, Jean Laurent,
Protection type
Watermark
Protection description
Woman head.
Obverse lettering
1000
BANQUE DE L`INDO-CHINE
DJIBOUTI
۱۰۰۰ ሺ
MILLE FRANCS
LE PRÉSIDENT
LE DIRECTEUR GÉNÉRAL
R. POUGHEON FEC. A. MARLIAT SC. (Translation: Bank of Indochina. 1000. One thousand francs. The president, the general director.)
Reverse lettering
1000
BANQUE DE L`INDO-CHINE
۱۰۰۰ ሺ
ألف فرنك
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
አንድ ሺ ፍራንክ
R. POUGHEON FEC. R. ARMANELLI SC. (Translation: Bank of Indochina. 1000. One thousand francs. 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.)