Multicolor printing. Like P#48, issued by `Institut D`Émission des Départements D`Outre-Mer` (Issuing Institute Overseas Department). Pensive bust of Victor Schoelcher, French journalist and politician posing in front of a sea and mountain landscape. In his hand, the parchment of the abolition of slavery in the French colonies.
Reverse description
Multicolor. Group of figures busy picking fruit. Below, article 139 of the Penal Code is printed in a gray cartridge.
Signature(s)
Protection type
Watermark
Protection description
Woman`s head wearing a Phrygian cap.
Obverse lettering
LA RÉUNION
REPUBLIQUE FRANÇAISE
5000
INSTITUT D`ÉMISSION
DES DÉPARTEMENTS D`OUTRE-MER
LA RÉUNION
CINQ MILLE FRANCS
R. POUGHEON FEC. J. PIEL - A. MARLIAT SC.
LA RÉUNION (Translation: Reunion French Republic Issuing Institute Overseas Department Reunion Five Thousand Francs)
Reverse lettering
LA RÉUNION
REPUBLIQUE FRANÇAISE
5000
CINQ MILLE FRANCS
L`ARTICLE 139 DU CODE PÉNAL PUNIT
DES TRAVAUX FORCÉS CEUX QUI AURONT CONTREFAIT OU FALSIFIÉ
LES BILLETS DE BANQUE AUTORISÉES PAR LA LOI
INSTITUT D`ÉMISSION DES DÉPARTEMENTS D`OUTRE-MER
R. POUGHEON FEC. A. MARLIAT SC. (Translation: Reunion French Republic Five Thousand Francs Article 139 of the Penal Code punishes forced Labor those who have counterfeited or falsified banknotes authorized by Law. Issuing Institute Overseas Department.)