Multicolour print; multicolour underprint; black serial numbers. Boats and ships at left and centre. Text in French, Arabic and Amharic.
Reverse description
Multicolour print; multicolour underprint. Gazelle (Gazella sp.) facing left at centre. Text in French, Arabic and Amharic.
Signature(s)
Protection type
Watermark
Protection description
Woman head.
Obverse lettering
500
TERRITOIRE FRANÇAIS DES AFFARS ET DE ISSAS
ጂቡቲ
جيبوتي
DJIBOUTI
CINQ CENT FRANCS
TRÉSOR PUBLIC
۵۰۰
LORAIN FEC ARMANELLI SC. (Translation: French Territory of Affars and Issas. Djibouti. Five hundred francs. Public treasury. 500.)
Reverse lettering
TERRITOIRE FRANÇAIS DES AFFARS ET DE
ISSAS
፭፻
500
SERONT PUNIS DE TRAVAUX FORCÉS A
PÉRPÉTUITE LES CONTREFACTEURS ET CEUX QUI
AURONT FAIT USAGE DE BILLETES CONTREFAITS
ع أوراقـا مـزورة أوتعامـل بـتـلـك الأوراق المزورة عوقب بالأشغال
الشاقة المؤبدة
CINQ CENT FRANCS
አምስት መቶ ፍራንክ
TRÉSOR PUBLIC
LORAIN FEC G. REGNIER SC. (Translation: French Territory of Affars and Issas. 500. The counterfeiters and those who will have used counterfeit notes will be punished with forced labor for life. Five hundred francs. Public treasury.)