France helmeted in a medallion article 139 of the penal code
Reverse description
Dock worker on a ladder climbing a bag on the quay of a port, in the background a moored sailboat
Signature(s)
Protection type
Watermark
Protection description
Head of the young warrior in Rude`s bas-relief `La Marseillaise`
adorning the Arc de Triomphe on the Champs-Élysées, reproduced by
Henri Brégeaut.
Obverse lettering
BANQUE DE FRANCE
CINQ
FRANCS
5 | 5
LE CONTREFACTEUR SERA
PUNIT DES TRAVAUX FORCES
A PERPETUITE
CH. WALHAIN FEC. E DELOCHE SC.
GEO. DUVAL FEC. ROMAGNOL SC. (Translation: BANK OF FRANCE FIVE FRANCS)
Reverse lettering
5
BANQUE DE FRANCE
CH. WALHAIN FEC. E DELOCHE SC. (Translation: BANK OF FRANCE)
