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20 Francs - Emile Gentil
| Issuer | Institut d'Émission de l'Afrique Équatoriale Française et du Cameroun |
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| Year | 1957 |
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| Currency | CFA franc (1945-1960) |
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| Obverse description | Brown intaglio on multicolour underprint, with an engraved portrait of explorer Émile Gentil in military uniform and peaked cap at right, flanked by a central vignette of an African village scene with figures engaged in daily activities before thatched huts and a mountainous background. Geometric guilloche panels frame the composition at left and right, with the denomination numeral '20' repeated in each corner. Two manuscript facsimile signatures appear in the centre field for Le Président and Le Directeur Général, with the designer and engraver credits lettered below. |
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| Reverse description | Multicolour intaglio on guilloche underprint, with a central vignette presenting standing African male figures at left and right within a landscape setting. The issuing authority title is inscribed across the upper portion of the note, with the denomination repeated at either side, and anti-counterfeiting legal text from Article 139 of the Penal Code occupying the lower margin. Designer and engraver credits appear at lower centre. |
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| Protection type | Watermark |
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