20 Francs - Emile Gentil

Issuer French Guiana
Year 1947
Type Standard circulation banknote
Value 20 Francs
Currency Franc (1917-1960)
Composition Paper
Size 136 × 73 mm
Shape Rectangular
Printer Banque de France, France
Designer(s) Pierre Munier
Engraver(s) Obverse: Joseph Broutin
Reverse: Magd. Tison
In circulation to
Reference(s) P#21
Obverse description Brown on multicolor. Explorer Emile Gentil to the right and a village with people to the left. Overprinted `GUYANE` on margins of P#22 note from French Equatorial Africa.
Obverse lettering GUYANE 20 VINGT FRANCS LE DIRECTEUR GÉNÉRAL, GUYANE EMILE.GENTIL CAISSE CENTRALE DE LA FRANCE D`OUTRE-MER P. MUNIER FEC. BROUTIN SC.
(Translation: Guiana Twenty Francs Emile.Gentil Central Fund of Overseas France)
Reverse description Multicolor. Two African warriors. Overprinted `GUYANE` on margins of P#22 note from French Equatorial Africa.
Reverse lettering GUYANE CAISSE CENTRALE DE LA FRANCE D`OUTRE-MER GUYANE L`ARTICLE 139 DU COE PÉNALE PUNIT DES TRAVAUX FORCÉS CEUX QUI AURONT CONTREFAIT OU FALSIFIÉ LES BILLETS DE BANQUES AUTORISÉES PAR LA LOI P. MUNIER FEC. MAGD. TISON SC.
(Translation: Guiana Central Fund of Overseas France Article 139 of the Penal Code punishes with forced labor those who have counterfeited or falsified bank notes authorized by law.)
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Variants January 2, 1911
Numisquare ID 2219056860
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