Date of issue in top-right above bank name. Serial number to the left of the denomination. Printer name on the bottom in the center French
Reverse description
Dutch Printer name on bottom bisected by design
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Obverse lettering
Bank du Congo Belge
Cinq Francs
Payables a vue a Elizabethville
La loi punit le contrefacteur des travaux forcés (Translation: Bank of the Belgian Congo Five Francs Payable on sight in Elizabethville The punishment for counterfeiting is forced labor)
Reverse lettering
Bank van Belgisch Congo
Vijf Frank
Betaalbaar op Zicht te Elizabethville
De Namaker Wordt Door de Wet Met Dwangarbeid Gestraft (Translation: Bank of the Belgian Congo Five Francs Payable on sight in Elizabethville The punishment for counterfeiting is forced labor)