| Issuer | Réunion (1848-date) |
| Year | 1947 |
| Type | Standard banknote |
| Value | 5 Francs |
| Currency | Franc (1816-1965) |
| Composition | Paper |
| Size | 104 × 57 mm |
| Shape | Rectangular |
| Printer | Banque de France, France |
| No. printed | |
| Designer(s) | Georges-André Klein |
| Engraver(s) | Obverse: Georges Léon Égalité Beltrand Reverse: Auguste Chapon |
| In circulation to | |
| Reference(s) | P#41 |
| Obverse description | Multicolor. Sailing ship `La Boudeuse` at left; portrait of Louis Antoine de Bougainville at right. Overprinted `LA REUNION` on margins of P#20B note from French Equatorial Africa. |
| Reverse description | Multicolor. Woman at left, agricultural products and house at right. |
| Signature(s) | |
| Protection type | Watermark |
| Protection description | Anchors and small boats. |
| Obverse lettering | LA REUNION
CAISSE CENTRALE DE LA FRANCE D`OUTRE-MER
CINQ FRANCS
LE DIRECTEUR GÉNÉRAL
BOUGAINVILLE
LA REUNION
G. A. KLEIN FEC. G. BELTRAND SC. (Translation: Reunion Central Fund of Overseas France Five Francs Bougainville Reunion) |
| Reverse lettering | LA REUNION
CAISSE CENTRALE
DE LA
FRANCE D`OUTRE-MER
L`ARTICLE 139 DU CODE PÉNAL PUNIT
DES TRAVAUX FORCES CEUX QUI AURONT
CONTREFAIT OU FALSIFIÉ LES BILLETS DE
BANQUES AUTORISÉES PAR LA LOI
LA REUNION
G. A. KLEIN FEC. A. CHAPON SC. (Translation: Reunion 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.) |
| Variants | |
| Catalog ID | 7022777500 |
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