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5 New Francs Overprint on 500 Francs
| Issuer | Caisse Centrale de la France d'Outre-Mer |
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| Year | 1960 |
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| Composition | Paper |
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| Obverse lettering | CAISSE CENTRALE DE LA FRANCE D'OUTRE-MER CONTRE-VALEUR DE 5 NOUVEAUX FRANCS GUADELOUPE CINQ CENTS FRANCS C. SERVEAU FEC. C. BELTRAND SC. (Translation: Central Fund of Overseas France Counter-value of Five New Francs Guadeloupe Five Hundred Francs) |
| Reverse description | Multicolour intaglio vignette occupying the full face, with two farmers guiding ox-drawn carts laden with agricultural produce at centre, flanked by tropical vegetation including pineapple plants on the left and sugarcane sheaves on the right. The word GUADELOUPE appears in large letters on all four margins, with the issuer's name across the top and a penal code warning legend in small lettering along the lower centre. The engraving, signed by Hourriez, reflects the classical French colonial banknote style of the mid-twentieth century. |
| Reverse lettering | GUADELOUPE CAISSE CENTRALE DE LA FRANCE D'OUTRE-MER 500 L'ART 139 DU CODE PÉNAL PUNIT DES TRAVAUX FORCES A PERPÉTUITÉ CEUX QUI AURONT CONTREFAIT OU FALSIFIÉ LES BILLETS DE BANQUE AUTORISÉES PAR LA LOI C. SERVEAU FEC. HOURRIEZ SC. (Translation: Guadeloupe Central Fund of Overseas France Article 139 of the Penal Code punishes with perpetual forced labor those who have counterfeited or falsified bank notes authorized by law.) |
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