5 Francs

€268,254.00
IssuerFrench Equatorial Africa
Year1941-1944
TypeStandard banknote
Value5 Francs
CurrencyFranc (1917-1945)
CompositionPaper
Size114 × 73 mm
ShapeRectangular
PrinterBradbury Wilkinson and Company, United Kingdom (1856-1990)
No. printed
Designer(s)Edmund Dulac
Engraver(s)
In circulation to
Reference(s) P#10
Obverse descriptionRed. In the center, in a dark red oval in the shape of an eye, a portrait of Marianne wearing a Phrygian cap in profile. Anchors with cross of Lorraine on both sides of the figure.
Reverse descriptionRed. Guillochages in the corners on a security background in pink orange gradient and in an oval the article 139 of the Penal code framed by the value `5` repeated on the left and on the right.
Signature(s)
Protection type
Protection description
Obverse letteringCAISSE CENTRALE DE LA FRANCE LIBRE CINQ FRANCS EDMUND DULAC DEL.
(Translation: Central Fund of Free France Five Francs)
Reverse letteringCAISSE CENTRALE L`ART. 139 DU CODE PENAL PUNIT DES TRAVAUX FORCÉS CEUX QUI AURONT CONTREFAIT OU FALSIFIÉ LES BILLETES DE BANQUE AUTORISÉS PAR LA LOI AINST CEUX QUI AURONT FAIT USSAGE DE CES BILLETES CONTRAFAITS OU FALSIFIÉS ORDONANCE DU 2 DEC 1941 DE LA FRANCE LIBRE
(Translation: Central Fund of Free France Article 139 of the Penal Code punishes with forced labor those who have counterfeited or falsified bank notes authorized by law as well as those who have used these counterfeit or falsified notes. Order of December 2, 1941.)
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Catalog ID5755618350
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