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20 Francs Without decrees
| Issuer | Banque de l'Indo-Chine |
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| Year | 1921 |
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| Size | 180 × 93 mm |
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| Obverse lettering | BANQUE DE L`INDO-CHINE DJIBOUTI, le 1er Janvier 1921. عشرون فرانكس ሃያ ፍራንክ ፳ فرانكس ٢٠ VINGT FRANCS PAYABLES EN ESPÈCES AU PORTEUR UN ADMINISTRATEUR LE DIRECTEUR 20 (Translation: Bank of Indochina. Djibouti, January 1st., 1921. Twenty francs. 20. Payable in cash to bearer. An administrator, the director.) |
| Reverse description | Printed entirely in blue intaglio on plain paper, the reverse is dominated by two large circular guilloche vignette frames flanking the central panel, each bordered by coiling dragon figures in high-relief engraving. The central area carries two repeated anti-counterfeiting warning texts in French above a dense underprint of repeated "BANQUE DE L'INDO-CHINE" legends, with denomination numerals "20 FRANCS" set in plain rectangular cartouches at lower left and lower right. |
| Reverse lettering | L`ARTICLE 139 DU CODE PÉNAL PUNIT DES TRAVAUX FORCÉS À PERPÉTUITÉ CEUX QUI AURONT CONTREFAIT OU FALSIFIÉ LES BILLETS DE BANQUES AUTORISÉES PAR LA LOI, AINSI QUE CEUX QUI AURONT FAIT USAGE DE CES BILLETS CONTREFAITS OU FALSIFIÉS ; CEUX QUI LES AURONT INTRODUITS SUR LE TERRITOIRE FRANÇAIS SERONT PUNIS DE LA MÊME PEINE BANQUE DE L`INDO-CHINE 20 FRANCS A. BRAMTOT ET G DUVAL FEC. CH - WULLSCHLEGER SC. (Translation: Article 139 of the penal code punishes with forced labor in perpetuity those who have counterfeited or falsified banknotes authorized by law, as well as those who have made use of these counterfeit or falsified notes; those who have introduced them onto French territory shall be punished with the same penalty. Bank of Indochina. 20 Francs.) |
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