Multicolor. Two woman at right; sailboat and houses at left background; blue `MARTINIQUE` on margins. Red overprint `CONTRE-VALEUR DE 5 NOUVEAUX FRANCS` at center.
Reverse description
Multicolor. Farmers with ox-carts at center.
Signature(s)
Protection type
Protection description
Obverse lettering
CAISSE CENTRALE DE LA
FRANCE D`OUTRE-MER
CONTRE-VALEUR DE 5 NOUVEAUX FRANCS
MARTINIQUE
CINQ CENTS FRANCS
C. SERVEAU FEC.
C. BELTRAND SC. (Translation: Central Fund of Overseas France Counter-value of Five New Francs Martinique Five Hundred Francs)
Reverse lettering
MARTINIQUE
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
FALSIFIE LES BILLETS DE BANQUE AUTORISÉES PAR LA LOI
C. SERVEAU FEC.
HOURRIEZ SC. (Translation: Martinique Central Fund of Overseas France Article 139 of the Penal Code punishes with forced labor those who have counterfeited or falsified bank notes authorized by law.)