Multicolor printing. The overprint `SAINT-PIERRE-ET-MIQUELON` repeated twice is printed in black. The wording is brown purple in color and the value `5000` in numbers is printed in dark blue. Numbering and signature are printed in black. 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. A single signature: The Managing Director: A. Postel-Vinay.
Reverse description
Group of figures busy picking fruit. Below, article 139 of the Penal Code is printed in a gray cartridge. The overprint “SAINT-PIERRE-ET-MIQUELON” repeated twice is printed in black.
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
SAINT-PIERRE ET MIQUELON
LE DIRECTEUR GENERAL
SAINT-PIERRE ET MIQUELON
R. POUGHEON FEC. J. PIEL - A. MARLIAT SC. (Translation: Central Cash from France Overseas Five Thousand Francs Saint-Pierre and Miquelon The Director General Saint-Pierre and Miquelon)
Reverse lettering
CAISSE CENTRALE
DE LA
FRANCE D`OUTRE-MER
CINQ MILLE FRANCS
SAINT-PIERRE ET MIQUELON
L`ARTICLE 139 DU CODE PÉNAL PUNIT
DES TRAVAUX FORCÉS CEUX QUI AURONT CONTREFAIT OU FALSIFIÉ
LES BILLETS DE BANQUE AUTORISÉES PAR LA LOI
R. POUGHEON FEC. A. MARLIAT SC. (Translation: Central Cash of the Overseas France Five Thousand Francs Saint-Pierre and Miquelon Article 139 of the Penal Code Punishes Force Labor those who have counterfeited or falsified Banknotes authorized by Law W. Fel fec R. Armanelli Sc.)