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25 Francs

Issuer Banque de la Guyane
Year 1933-1945
Type Standard circulation banknote
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Obverse description Multicolour intaglio vignette with a female allegorical figure wearing a wreath at centre, flanked by floral drapery and a lower border of tropical fruit. The bank title and denomination appear in the surrounding letterpress frame, with the anti-counterfeiting penal warning inscribed along the lower margin. Five distinct signature varieties are known for this type.
Obverse lettering VINGT CINQ FRANCS 25 BANQUE DE LA GUYANE C. SERVEAU FEC. GUYANE PIEL SC. L'ARTICLE 139 DU CODE PÉNAL PUNIT DES TRAVAUX FORCÉS À PERPÉTUITÉ LE CONTREFACTEUR
(Translation: Twenty-Five Francs Bank of Guiana Article 139 of the Penal Code punishes with forced labor in perpetuity the counterfeiter. Guiana)
Reverse description Multicolour engraved vignette by Hourriez after Serveau's design, showing a tropical harbour scene framed by dense Guianese forest vegetation; a steam cargo vessel with rigging is moored at left, with a calm bay and distant mountains stretching across the centre. The numeral "25" appears in an ornate cartouche at upper right, while a blank serial-number panel occupies the right field, and the bank title "BANQUE DE LA GUYANE" is set in a ruled tablet at the lower margin.
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