5 Francs

€201,971.00
IssuerNew Hebrides (1906-1980)
Year1945
TypeStandard banknote
Value5 Francs
CurrencyFranc (1921-1982)
CompositionPaper
Size143 × 92 mm
ShapeRectangular
PrinterNote Printing Branch of the Commonwealth Bank of Australia, Melbourne, Australia
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Reference(s) P#5
Obverse descriptionDark-blue. Woman with wreath and holding small figure of Athena at center. Overprint: red oval with NOUVELLES HÉBRIDES FRANCE LIBRE (palms and Cross of Lorraine) on New Caledonia P-48.
Reverse descriptionDark-blue and green. Statue of Four Faces of Bodhisattva Avalokitesvara (God who hears the cry of the World) - Bayon Temple (Angkor, Cambodia).
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Obverse letteringBANQUE DE L`INDOCHINE L`ARTICLE 139 DU CODE PÉNAL PUNIT DES TRAVAUX FORCÉS CEUX QUI AURONT CONTREFAIT OU FALSIFIÉ LES BILLET DE BANQUE AUTORISÉS PAR LA LOI 5 Fr. NOUMÉA CINQ FRANCS
(Translation: Bank of Indochina  Article 139 of the Penal Code punished by forced labor perpetuity of those who have counterfeit or falsified these vouchers as well as those who have made use.  Noumea Five Francs)
Reverse letteringBANQUE DE L`INDOCHINE CINQ FRANCS NOUMEA
(Translation: Bank of Indochina Five Francs Noumea)
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Catalog ID3954786770
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