5 Francs - Bougainville

€237,568.00
IssuerGuadeloupe (Overseas France)
Year1947-1949
TypeStandard banknote
Value5 Francs
CurrencyFranc (1795-1960)
CompositionPaper
Size112 × 60 mm
ShapeRectangular
PrinterBanque de France, France
No. printed
Designer(s)Georges-André Klein
Engraver(s)Obverse: Camille Beltrand
Reverse: Auguste Chapon
In circulation to2002
Reference(s) P#31
Obverse descriptionMulticolor. Sailing ship `La Boudeuse` at left, Louis Antoine de Bougainville at right. Overprinted `GUADELOUPE` on margins of P#20B note from French Equatorial Africa.
Reverse descriptionMulticolor. Woman at left, agricultural products & house at right. Overprinted `GUADELOUPE` on margins of P#20B note from French Equatorial Africa.
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Protection description
Obverse letteringGUADELOUPE CAISSE CENTRALE DE LA FRANCE D`OUTRE-MER CINQ FRANCS LE DIRECTEUR GÉNÉRAL BOUGAINVILLE G.A. KLEIN FEC. G. BELTRAND SC.
(Translation: Guadeloupe Central Fund of Overseas France Five Francs Bougainville)
Reverse letteringGUADELOUPE CAISSE CENTRALE DE LA FRANCE D`OUTRE-MER L`ARTICLE 139 DU CODE PENAL PUNIT DES TRAVAUX FORCES CEUX QUI AURONT CONTREFAIT OU FALSIFIE LES BILLETS DE BANQUE AUTORISEES PAR LA LOI G.A. KLEIN FEC. | A.CHAPON SC.
(Translation: Guadeloupe Central Fund of Overseas France Article 139 of the Penal Code punishes with forced labor those who have counterfeited or falsified bank notes authorized by law.)
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Catalog ID2672207800
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