Multicolor. Native woman holding fruit bowl at center right; palm trees at left.
Reverse description
Multicolor. Harvesting of sugar-cane scene.
Signature(s)
Protection type
Protection description
Obverse lettering
5000
guadeloupe
CINQ MILLE FRANCS
CAISSE CENTRALE
DE LA FRANCE D`OUTRE-MER
guadeloupe (Translation: Guadeloupe Five Hundred Francs Central Fund of Overseas France)
Reverse lettering
CINQ MILLE FRANCS
CAISSE CENTRALE
DE LA FRANCE D`OUTRE-MER
Guadeloupe
L`ART 139 DU CODE PÉNAL PUNIT DES TRAVAUX FORCES A PERPÉTUITÉ CEUX
QUI AURONT CONTREFAIT OU FALSIFIE LES BILLETS DE BANQUE AUTORISÉES
PAR LA LOI (Translation: Five Hundred Francs Central Fund of Overseas France Guadeloupe Article 139 of the Penal Code punishes with forced labor those who have counterfeited or falsified bank notes authorized by law.)