1000 Francs

€268,268.00
IssuerFrench Equatorial Africa
Year1947
TypeStandard banknote
Value1000 Francs (1000 FCFA)
CurrencyCFA franc (1945-1960)
CompositionPaper
Size193 × 103 mm
ShapeRectangular
PrinterBanque de France, France
No. printed
Designer(s)Obverse: Robert Poughéon
Reverse: William Fel
Engraver(s)Obverse: Georges Hourriez
Reverse: Robert Armanelli
In circulation to
Reference(s) P#26
Obverse descriptionMulticolor. The wording and the value `1000` in numbers and letters are printed in dark blue. Numbering and signature are printed in black. On the right, the symbol of the French Union with a woman from metropolitan France looking at a West Indian woman in front of a palm grove.
Reverse descriptionMulticolor. Caribbean woman wearing a madras in front of a canoe sailing at sunset. At the bottom of the back, article 139 of the Penal Code is printed in a blue cartouche.
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Obverse letteringCAISSE CENTRALE DE LA FRANCE D`OUTRE-MER MILLE FRANCS R. POUGHEON FEC. HOURRIEZ SC.
(Translation: Central Fund of Overseas France Thousand Francs)
Reverse letteringCAISSE CENTRALE DE LA FRANCE D`OUTRE-MER L`ART. 139 DU CODE PENAL PUNIT DES TRAVAUX FORCÉS CEUX QUI AURONT CONTREFAIT OU FALSIFIÉ LES BILLETES DE BANQUE AUTORISÉS PAR LA LOI W. FEL FEC. ARMANELLI SC.
(Translation: Central Fund of Overseas France Article 139 of the Penal Code punishes forced Labor those who have counterfeited or falsified banknotes authorized by Law.)
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Catalog ID7938565260
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