| Issuer | French Somaliland (1896-1967) |
| Year | 1928-1938 |
| Type | Standard banknote |
| Value | 5 Francs |
| Currency | Franc (1883-1949) |
| Composition | Paper |
| Size | 149 × 93 mm |
| Shape | Rectangular |
| Printer | Banque de France, France |
| No. printed | |
| Designer(s) | Charles Albert Walhain |
| Engraver(s) | Ernest Deloche |
| In circulation to | |
| Reference(s) | P#6 |
| Obverse description | Red and blue print; yellow underprint; black serial numbers. Helmeted head of Marianne facing right at lower left. Round watermark area at lower right. |
| Reverse description | Red and blue print; yellow underprint. Ornamental frame. Text in French, Arabic and Amharic. |
| Signature(s) | Albert Guillemin de Monplanet, René-Jules Thion de La Chaume, Simon Marie Joseph Alphonse Stanislas, Paul Baudouin, Marcel Borduge, |
| Protection type | Watermark |
| Protection description | Native`s head in profile. |
| Obverse lettering | BANQUE DE L`INDO-CHINE
CINQ FRANCS
DJIBOUTI
PAYABLES EN ESPÈCES AU PORTEUR
Le Président Le Directeur Géneral
5
L`ARTICLE 139 DU CODE PENAL PUNIT DES TRAVAUX FORCÈS
CEUX QUI AURONT CONTREFAIT OU FALSIFIÉ
LES BILLETS DE BANQUE AUTORISÉE PAR LA LOI.
CH. WALHAIN FEC. E. DELOCHE. SC. (Translation: Bank of Indochina. Five francs. Payable in cash to bearer. The president, the general director. Article 139 of the penal code punishes with forced labor those who have counterfeit or falsified banknotes authorized by law as well as those who have made use of these counterfeit or falsified notes.) |
| Reverse lettering | BANQUE DE L`INDO-CHINE
خمسة فرنك አምስት ፍራንክ
L`ARTICLE 139 DU CODE PENAL PUNIT
DES TRAVAUX FORCÈS
CEUX QUI AURONT
CONTREFAIT OU FALSIFIÉ
LES BILLETS DE BANQUE
AUTORISÉE PAR LA LOI.
۵ ፭ 5 (Translation: Bank of Indochina. Five francs. Article 139 of the penal code punishes with forced labor those who have counterfeit or falsified banknotes authorized by law as well as those who have made use of these counterfeit or falsified notes. 5.) |
| Variants | |
| Catalog ID | 2836377210 |
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