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500 Francs
| Issuer | Banque de l'Indo-Chine |
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| Year | 1927-1938 |
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| Reference(s) | P#38 |
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| Obverse lettering | BANQUE DE L'INDO-CHINE NOUMÉA, le 27 Décembre 1927. CINQ CENTS FRANCS PAYABLES EN ESPÈCES A VUE AU PORTEUR UN ADMINISTRATEUR, LE DIRECTEUR, G. FRAIPONT E. GASPÉ SC. (Translation: Bank of Indochina / Noumea, 27 December 1927. / Five Hundred Francs / Payable in cash at sight to bearer / An Administrator, The Director) |
| Reverse description | Lilac-brown, olive-green and blue note centred on a standing indigenous female figure at right, in traditional dress, with a harbour scene of tall-masted sailing ships at top centre. The penal code warning article is printed in full at the bottom centre within a decorative border, with the engravers' credits appearing in the lower margins. |
| Reverse lettering | L'ARTICLE 139 DU CODE PÉNAL PUNIT DES TRAVAUX FORCÉS A PERPÉTUITÉ CEUX QUI AURONT CONTREFAIT OU FALSIFIÉ CES BONS AINSI QUE CEUX QUI AURONT FAIT USAGE DE CES BONS CONTREFAITS OU FALSIFIÉS. G. FRAIPONT RITA SC. (Translation: Article 139 of the Penal Code punishes with forced labour in perpetuity those who have counterfeited or falsified these notes as well as those who have made use of such counterfeited or falsified notes.) |
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