5 Roupies / Rupees

€1.00
IssuerPuducherry (French India)
Year1937-1946
TypeStandard circulation banknote
Value5 Rupees
CurrencyRupee
CompositionPaper
Size
ShapeRectangular
PrinterBanque de France, France
No. printed
Designer(s)Sébastien Laurent
Engraver(s)Ernest Deloche
In circulation to
Reference(s) P#5
Obverse descriptionWomen wearing helmet holding lance at left, denomination numeral 5 over wreath at upper right.
Reverse descriptionDancer (Woman with headress at left), Four faces of Bodhisattva Avalokitesvara (God who hears the cry of the World), Bayon temple (Angkor) at right.
Signature(s)
Protection type
Protection description
Obverse letteringL`ARTICLE DU CODE CRIMINEL PEINE LES TRAVAUX FORCÉS QUI SERONT CONTREFAITS OU FAUX LES BILLETS AUTORISÉS PAR LA LOE. SÉB. LAURENT E. DELOCHE SC
(Translation: THE ARTICLE OF THE CRIMINAL CODE PUNISHES FORCED WORK THOSE WHICH WILL BE COUNTERFEITED OR FALSEFIES THE BANKNOTES AUTHORIZED BY THE LOE.)
Reverse letteringபுதுவை ௫ ஐந்து ரூபாய்கள் இந்து சீனத்து பாங்க் SÉB. LAURENT E. DELOCHE SC
Variants
Catalog ID4926877990
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