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1000 Francs B.I.C overprint
| Issuer | Banque de l'Indo-Chine |
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| Year | 1943 |
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| Value | 1000 Francs |
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| Obverse description | Brown and green intaglio print over a yellow guilloche underprint, with black serial numbers at lower left. A black rectangular B.I.C. overprint appears at upper right. The central vignette presents a seated topless woman in three-quarter profile facing right, set against a busy market scene with produce stalls, figures, and camels in the middle ground. Inscriptions appear in French, Arabic, and Amharic, with the watermark zone reserved at centre. |
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| Obverse lettering | CÔTE FRANÇAISE DES SOMALIS B.I.C. BANQUE DE L`INDO-CHINE MILLE FRANCS DJIBOUTI ۱۰۰۰ ሺ LE PRESIDENT LE DIRECTEUR GÉNERAL 1000 L. JONAS FEC. G. BELTRAND SC. (Translation: Bank of Indochina. One thousand francs. Djibouti. The president, the general director.) |
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| Reverse lettering | BANQUE DE L`INDO-CHINE አንድ ሺ ፍራንክ ሺ ألف فرنك ۱۰۰۰ L`ARTICLE 139 DU CODE PENAL PUNIT DES TRAVAUX FORCÈS CEUX QUI AURONT CONTREFAIT OU FALSIFIÉ LES BILLETS DE BANQUE AUTORISÉE PAR LA LOI 1000 L. JONAS FEC. G. BELTRAND SC. (Translation: Bank of Indochina. One thousand francs. One thousand. Article 139 of the penal code punishes with forced labor those who have counterfeited or falsified banknotes authorized by law.) |
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