5000 Francs

€388,946.00
IssuerFrench Polynesia (1957-date)
Year1971-1985
TypeStandard banknote
Value5000 Francs
CurrencyCFP Franc (1945-date)
CompositionPaper
Size172 × 91 mm
ShapeRectangular
PrinterBanque de France, France
No. printed
Designer(s)
Engraver(s)
In circulation to
Reference(s) P#28
Obverse descriptionOn the left, portrait of Louis Antoine de Bougainville. At centre, fishing net overlooking a fleet of three vessels (three-masted and schooner). On the right, sextant and stern of a ship. Polynesian printed fabric patterns frame
Reverse descriptionOn the right, portrait of Auguste Febvrier Despointes. On the centre, Melanesian sailing canoe on a background of column pines. On the left, New Caledonian flowers and carved patterns.
Signature(s)
Protection typeWatermark
Protection descriptionMarianne portrait ans `RF`
Obverse letteringINSTITUT D’ÉMISSION D`OUTRE MER RÉPUBLIQUE FRANÇAISE LE PRÉSIDENT DU CONSEIL DE SURVEILLANCE LE DIRECTEUR GÉNÉRAL LE DIRECTEUR CINQ MILLE FRANCS
(Translation: Overseas Emission Institute French Republic Five Thousand Francs)
Reverse lettering5000 | INSTITUT D’ÉMISSION | 5000 D`OUTRE MER PAPEETE L`ARTICLE 409 DU CODE PENAL PUNIT DE LA RECLUSION CRIMINELLE A PERPETUITE CEUX QUI AURONT CONTREFAIT OU FALSIFIE LES BILLETS DE BANQUE AUTORISES PAR LA LOI
(Translation: Overseas Emission Institute Papeete Article 139 of the penal code punishes criminal conclusion to perpetuity those who will counterfeit or falsified the bank notes authorized by law.)
Variants
Catalog ID9373513300
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