Saïd Mohamed Cheikh at center, Karthala volcano on Grande Comore left, Date right, Denomination below
Reverse description
Mature tree near the beach, Excerpt from the poem `Destinée` by Mbaye Trambwe, Denomination below
Signature(s)
Protection type
Watermark
Protection description
Crescent and four stars, Electrotype `BCC`
Obverse lettering
5000
WATROTRWE NGAMUNDRENGO ZILELE
PVANU NGAMUMBISO WANDRU MWENDEYA
PVANU TSIKA MDRI WA NGAYA NUNI ZILI
PVANU TSIKA MDRI WA NDRUDA WANDRU WALI
PVANU TSIKANA SURWAYA ZENDE PVAHANU
PVANU TSIKA MWAZI MWEMA TSIDJA SHIYENGO
BANQUE CENTRALE DES COMORES
CINQ MILLE FRANCS (Translation: Youth you torment me. You join those who harass me. I was a flowering tree and the birds pecked it. I was a fruit tree and men helped themselves I had a good look, I lost it I was the beloved, I have become the unloved. Central Bank of the Comoros, Five Thousand Francs)
Reverse lettering
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LES AUTEURS OU COMPLICES DE FALSIFICATION OU DE
CONTREFAÇON DE BILLETS DE BANQUE SERONT PUNIS
CONFORMÉMENT AUX LOIS ET ACTES EN VIGUEUR
البنك المركزى القمرى
خمسة آلاف فرنك
JEUNESSE VOUS ME TOURMENTEZ.
VOUS VOUS JOIGNEZ À CEUX QUI ME HARCÈLENT.
J`ÉTAIS UN ARBRE FLEURI ET LES OISEAUX L`ONT PICORÉ.
J`ÉTAIS UN ARBRE FRUITIER ET LES HOMMES SE SONT SERVIS
J`AVAIS UN BEL ASPECT, JE L`AI PERDU
J`ÉTAIS LE BIEN AIMÉ, JE SUIS DEVENU LE MAL AIMÉ. (Translation: 5000, The authors or accomplices of falsification or counterfeiting of banknotes will be punished in accordance with the laws and acts in force., Central Bank of the Comoros, Five Thousand Francs Youth you torment me. You join those who harass me. I was a flowering tree and the birds pecked it. I was a fruit tree and men helped themselves I had a good look, I lost it I was the beloved, I have become the unloved.)