Catalog
5 Francs With decrees
| Issuer | Banque de l'Indo-Chine |
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| Year | 1913-1919 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse lettering | BANQUE DE L`INDO-CHINE Décrets de 21 Janvier1875, 20 Février 1888, 16 Mai 1900 & 3 AVRIL 1901 DJIBOUTI le 26 Août 1919 CINQ FRANCS PAYABLES EN ESPÈCES AU PORTEUR خمسة فرنك አምስት ፍራንክ Un Administrateur L`Admr-Directeur ٥ ፭ 5 DANIEL DUPUIS ET GEORGES DUVAL FEC A LEVEILLE SC (Translation: Bank of Indochina. Decrees of January 21, 1875, February 20, 1888, May 16, 1900 & April 3, 1901. Djibouti August 26, 1919. Five francs. Payable in cash to bearer. An administrator, the director administrator. 5.) |
| Reverse description | Green intaglio print with an elaborate guilloche border of interlocking geometric meander patterns running along all four margins. Two large dragon vignettes are placed at the upper and lower centre of the note, rendered in fine intaglio line work, with the denomination numeral 5 appearing in each corner. A penal code warning text is set in letterpress in two columns flanking the central field, and the designers' names appear at the lower margin. |
| Reverse lettering | L`ARTICLE 139 DU CODE PÉNAL PUNIT DES TRAVAUX FORCÉS CEUX QUI AURONT CONTREFAIT OU FALSIFIÉ LES BILLET DE BANQUE AUTORISÉS PAR LA LOI AINSI QUE CEUX QUI AURONT FAIT USAGE DE CES BILLETS CONTREFAITS OU FALSIFIÉS 5 DANIEL DUPUIS ET GEORGES DUVAL FEC (Translation: Article 139 of the penal code punishes with forced labor those who have counterfeit or falsified banknotes authorized by law as well as those who have made use of these counterfeit or falsified notes.) |
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