20 Francs Blue text

€259,649.00
IssuerFrench Somaliland (1896-1967)
Year1928-1938
TypeStandard banknote
Value20 Francs
CurrencyFranc (1883-1949)
CompositionPaper
Size180 × 92 mm
ShapeRectangular
PrinterBanque de France, France
No. printed
Designer(s)Obverse: Clément Serveau
Reverse: Roque
Engraver(s)Obverse: Ernest Deloche
Reverse: Marguerite Dreyfus (Rita)
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Reference(s) P#7
Obverse descriptionBrown print; yellow underprint; blue text; black serial numbers.  Woman head facing front-left at right, wearing wreath of oak leaves and wheat. Oval watermark area at left.
Reverse descriptionBrown print; yellow underprint.  Peacock (Phasianidae sp.) on branch facing right at left, butterflies (Papilionoidea sp.) at upper right. Text in French, Arabic and Amharic.
Signature(s)René-Jules Thion de La Chaume, Paul Baudouin, Marcel Borduge,
Protection typeWatermark
Protection descriptionNative`s head in profile.
Obverse letteringBANQUE DE L`INDO-CHINE VINGT FRANCS PAYABLES EN ESPÈCES AU PORTEUR DJIBOUTI LE PRESIDÉNT LE DIRECTEUR GÉNÉRAL 20 CL. SERVEAU FEC. E. DELOCHE SC.
(Translation: Bank of Indochina. Twenty francs. Payable in cash to bearer. The president, the general director.)
Reverse letteringDJIBOUTI 20 FR عشرون فرانكس ሃያ ፍራንክ ፳ فرانكس ۲۰ L`ARTICLE 139 DU CODE PENAL PUNIT DES TRAVAUX FORCÈS CEUX QUI AURONT CONTREFAIT OU FALSIFIÉ LES BILLETS DE BANQUE AUTORISÉE PAR LA LOI. ROQUE FEC. RITA SC.
(Translation: Twenty francs. 20. Article 139 of the penal code punishes with forced labor those who have counterfeit or falsified banknotes authorized by law.)
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Catalog ID8965742960
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