5 Francs Blue type

€389,381.00
IssuerMartinique (Overseas France)
Year1901
TypeStandard banknote
Value5 Francs
CurrencyFranc (1855-1960)
CompositionPaper
Size133 × 90 mm
ShapeRectangular
PrinterBanque de France, France
No. printed
Designer(s)Guillaume-Alphonse Harang (Guillaume Cabasson)
Engraver(s)Obverse: Charles-Jules Robert
Reverse: Charles Wullschleger
In circulation to
Reference(s) P#5C
Obverse descriptionBlue print on white paper. Natives man and woman on left and right sides; gun and anchor at lower center. Three signatures varieties.
Reverse descriptionBlue-green. Woman`s head at center; caduceus and birds on background.
Signature(s)
Protection type
Protection description
Obverse letteringBANQUE DE LA MARTINIQUE IL SERÁ PAYÉ EN ESPÈCES, A VUE, AU PORTEUR CINQ FRANCS (PAR GROUPE DE CINQ BILLETS.) Le Directeur Le Caissier L`ART 139 DU CODE PÉNAL PUNIT DES TRAVAUX FORCÉS A PERPEÉTUITÉ LE CONTRFACTEUR AH - CABASSON . INV ET DEL 1874 J. ROBERT SC.
(Translation: Bank of Martinique will pay in cash to bearer Five Francs (per group of five tickets) Article 129 of the Penal Code finishes forced labor in perpetuity for the counterfeiter.)
Reverse letteringLÉGISLATION ORGANIQUE ET STATUTAIRE DE 1901 AH - CABASSON . INV. ET DEL. 1874 CH. WULLSCHLEGER SC.
(Translation: Legislation organic and statutory of 1901)
Variants
Catalog ID2984160680
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