5 Francs - Bougainville

€268,273.00
IssuerFrench Equatorial Africa
Year1957
TypeStandard banknote
Value5 Francs (5 FCFA)
CurrencyCFA franc (1945-1960)
CompositionPaper
Size104 × 56 mm
ShapeRectangular
PrinterBanque de France, France
No. printed
Designer(s)Georges-André Klein
Engraver(s)Obverse: Georges Léon Égalité Beltrand
Reverse: Auguste Chapon
In circulation to
Reference(s) P#28
Obverse descriptionMulticolor. Sailing ship `La Boudeuse` at left, Louis Antoine de Bougainville at right.
Reverse descriptionMulticolor. Woman at left, agricultural products & house at right.
Signature(s)
Protection type
Protection description
Obverse letteringINSTITUT D`EMISSION DE L`A.E.F. ET DU CAMEROUN CINQ FRANCS BOUGAINVILLE G. A. KLEIN FEC. G. BELTRAND SC.
(Translation: Emission Institute of French Equatorial Africa and Cameroon Five Francs)
Reverse letteringINSTITUT D`EMISSION DE L`A.E.F. ET DU CAMEROUN L`ART. 139 DU CODE PENAL PUNIT DES TRAVAUX FORCÉS CEUX QUI AURONT CONTREFAIT OU FALSIFIÉ LES BILLETES DE BANQUE AUTORISÉS PAR LA LOI G. A. KLEIN FEC. A. CHAPON SC.
(Translation: Emission Institute of French Equatorial Africa and Cameroon Article 139 of the Penal Code punishes with forced labor those who have counterfeited or falsified bank notes authorized by law.)
Variants
Catalog ID4800157720
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