50 Francs

Issuer	Banque de l'Afrique Occidentale
Year	1943-1954
Type	Standard circulation banknote
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Obverse description	To the right of centre, a vignette of an elderly man wearing a red fez, rendered in intaglio with fine portrait detail. To the left, two women carry loads upon their heads, set against a busy market square background with characteristic West African architecture and a crowd of figures. The denomination "CINQUANTE FRANCS" appears in large letterpress text along the lower portion, with serial numbers and the bank title at top.
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Reverse lettering	50 BANQUE DE L'AFRIQUE OCCIDENTALE 50 L'ARTICLE 139 DU CODE PÉNAL PUNIT DES TRAVAUX FORCÉS CEUX QUI AURONT CONTREFAIT OU FALSIFIÉ LES BILLETS DE BANQUES AUTORISÉES PAR LA LOI SÉB. LAURENT FEC. MAGD. TISON SC. (Translation: 50 BANK OF WEST AFRICA 50 ARTICLE 139 OF THE PENAL CODE PUNISHES WITH FORCED LABOR THOSE WHO COUNTERFEIT OR FALSIFY BANKNOTES AUTHORIZED BY LAW)
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