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5 Francs
| Issuer | Banque de l'Indo-Chine |
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| Year | 1928-1938 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse description | Red and blue intaglio print over a yellow underprint, with black serial numbers. A vignette of the helmeted head of Marianne faces right at the lower left, executed in fine line engraving. A circular watermark zone is reserved at the lower right, with the issuer and denomination inscriptions arranged around the border. |
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| 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 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. |
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