Multicolor printing. 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
CAISSE CENTRALE
DE LA FRANCE D`OUTRE-MER
CINQ MILLE FRANCS
R. POUGHEON FEC. J. PIEL - A. MARLIAT SC. (Translation: Central Fund of Overseas France Five Thousand Francs)
Reverse lettering
CINQ MILLE FRANCS
L`ART. 139 DU CODE PENAL PUNIT DES TRAVAUX FORCÉS CEUX QUI
AURONT
CONTREFAIT OU FALSIFIÉ LES BILLETES DE BANQUE AUTORISÉS PAR LA
LOI
CAISSE CENTRALE DE LA FRANCE D`OUTRE-MER
R. POUGHEON FEC. A. MARLIAT SC. (Translation: Five Thousand Francs Article 139 of the Penal Code punishes forced Labor those who have counterfeited or falsified banknotes authorized by Law. Central Fund of Overseas France)