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| Issuer | Banque de l'Indo-Chine |
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| Year | 1928-1938 |
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| Value | 5 Francs |
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| Reverse description | Red and blue intaglio print over a yellow underprint. The design is composed of an ornamental guilloche frame enclosing trilingual text in French, Arabic, and Amharic, reflecting the multilingual character of the Djibouti territory. The denomination numeral appears in three scripts corresponding to each language. |
| 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.) |
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| Variants | P#6a - Signature titles: UN ADMINISTRATEUR and LE DIRECTEUR P#6b(1) - Signature titles: LE PRÉSIDENT and LE DIRECTEUR GÉNÉRAL. Signatures: Thion de la Chaume & Baudouin P#6b(2) - Signature titles: LE PRÉSIDENT and LE DIRECTEUR GÉNÉRAL. Signatures: Borduge & Baudouin |
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