5000 Francs

The Banque de France printed this series for Djibouti across a remarkably long production run — the same basic design circulated from 1979 well into the 2000s, an unusually stable arrangement for a denomination of this size. Djibouti's small population and heavily dollarized economy meant turnover was slow, which kept the pressure to redesign low.

The 5000-franc note represented a significant sum in daily use — roughly equivalent to a week's wages for many workers during the 1980s and 1990s. Heavily circulated examples from the earlier dates tend to show pronounced wear along the vertical fold lines.