20 Francs

€268,255.00
IssuerFrench Equatorial Africa
Year1941
TypeStandard banknote
Value20 Francs
CurrencyFranc (1917-1945)
CompositionPaper
Size135 × 75 mm
ShapeRectangular
PrinterBradbury Wilkinson and Company, United Kingdom (1856-1990)
No. printed
Designer(s)Edmund Dulac
Engraver(s)
In circulation to
Reference(s) P#12
Obverse descriptionDark-green and red. Portrait of Marianne (Allegory of Republic) between anchors at center.
Reverse descriptionGreen on purple and yellow underprint. Penal code at center.
Signature(s)
Protection typeWatermark
Protection descriptionNo
Obverse letteringCAISSE CENTRALE DE LA FRANCE LIBRE LB931,537 Le Directeur Général Le Président du Conseil de Surveillance VINGT FRANCS EDMUND DULAC DEL.
(Translation: Central Fund of Free France Twenty Francs)
Reverse letteringCAISSE CENTRALE L`ART. 139 DU CODE PENAL PUNIT DES TRAVAUX FORCÉS CEUX QUI AURONT CONTREFAIT OU FALSIFIÉ LES BILLETS DE BANQUE AUTORISÉES PAR LA LOI AINSI QUE CEUX QUI AURONT FAIT USAGE DE CES BILLETS CONTRAFAITS OU FALSIFIÉS ORDONANCE DU 2 DEC 1941 DE LA FRANCE LIBRE
(Translation: Central Fund of Free France Article 139 of the Penal Code punishes with forced labor those who have counterfeited or falsified bank notes authorized by law as well as those who have used these counterfeit or falsified notes. Order of December 2, 1941.)
Variants
Catalog ID3587828960
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