5000 Francs

€268,270.00
IssuerFrench Equatorial Africa
Year1952
TypeStandard banknote
Value5000 Francs (5000 FCFA)
CurrencyCFA franc (1945-1960)
CompositionPaper
Size200 × 107 mm
ShapeRectangular
PrinterBanque de France, France
No. printed
Designer(s)Robert Poughéon
Engraver(s)Obverse: Jules Piel, André Marliat
Reverse: André Marliat
In circulation to
Reference(s) P#27
Obverse descriptionMulticolor 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 descriptionMulticolor. Group of figures busy picking fruit. Below, article 139 of the Penal Code is printed in a gray cartridge.
Signature(s)
Protection typeWatermark
Protection descriptionWoman`s head wearing a Phrygian cap.
Obverse letteringCAISSE 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 letteringCINQ 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)
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Catalog ID8340403230
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