5 Francs - Bougainville

€299,056.00
IssuerFrench Guiana
Year1946
TypeStandard banknote
Value5 Francs
CurrencyFranc (1917-1960)
CompositionPaper
Size112 × 61 mm
ShapeRectangular
PrinterBanque 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#19
Obverse descriptionMulticolor. Sailing ship `La Boudeuse` at left, Louis Antoine de Bougainville at right. Overprinted `GUYANE` on margins of P#20B note from French Equatorial Africa.
Reverse descriptionMulticolor. Woman at left, agricultural products & house at right. Overprinted `GUYANE` on margins of P#20B note from French Equatorial Africa.
Signature(s)
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Protection description
Obverse letteringGUYANE CAISSE CENTRALE DE LA FRANCE D`OUTRE-MER CINQ FRANCS LE DIRECTEUR GÉNÉRAL BOUGAINVILLE G. A. KLEIN FEC. G. BELTRAND SC.
(Translation: Guiana Central Fund of Overseas France Five Francs The Director General Bougainville)
Reverse letteringGUYANE CAISSE CENTRALE DE LA FRANCE D`OUTRE-MER L`ARTICLE 139 DU CODE PÉNAL PUNIT DES TRAVAUX FORCÉS CEUX QUI AURONT CONTREFAIT OU FALSIFIÉ LES BILLETS DE BANQUES AUTORISÉES PAR LA LOI G. A. KLEIN FEC. A. CHAPON 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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Catalog ID8608309910
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