| Issuer | Réunion (1848-date) |
|---|---|
| Year | 1965 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
| Value | 5000 Francs |
| Currency | Franc (1816-1965) |
| Composition | Paper |
| Size | 204 × 109 mm |
| Shape | Rectangular |
| Printer | Banque de France, France |
| Designer(s) | Robert Poughéon |
| Engraver(s) | Obverse: Jules Piel, André Marliat Reverse: Robert Armanelli |
| In circulation to | |
| Reference(s) | P#53 |
| Obverse description | 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. Two signatures varieties. |
|---|---|
| Obverse lettering | DÉPARTEMENT DE LA RÉUNION REPUBLIQUE FRANÇAISE 5000 INSTITUT D`ÉMISSION DES DÉPARTEMENTS D`OUTRE-MER DÉPARTEMENT DE LA RÉUNION CINQ MILLE FRANCS R. POUGHEON FEC. J. PIEL - A. MARLIAT SC. DÉPARTEMENT DE LA RÉUNION (Translation: Department of Reunion French Republic Issuing Institute Overseas Department Department of Reunion Five Thousand Francs) |
| Reverse description | Multicolor. Group of figures busy picking fruit. Below, article 139 of the Penal Code is printed in a gray cartridge. |
| Reverse lettering | DÉPARTEMENT DE LA RÉUNION REPUBLIQUE FRANÇAISE 5000 CINQ MILLE FRANCS L`ARTICLE 139 DU CODE PÉNAL PUNIT DES TRAVAUX FORCÉS CEUX QUI AURONT CONTREFAIT OU FALSIFIÉ LES BILLETS DE BANQUE AUTORISÉES PAR LA LOI INSTITUT D`ÉMISSION DES DÉPARTEMENTS D`OUTRE-MER R. POUGHEON FEC. A. MARLIAT SC. (Translation: Department of Reunion French Republic Five Thousand Francs Article 139 of the Penal Code punishes forced Labor those who have counterfeited or falsified banknotes authorized by Law. Issuing Institute Overseas Department.) |
| Signature(s) | |
| Protection type | Watermark |
| Protection description | Woman`s head wearing a Phrygian cap. |
| Variants | January 2, 1911 |
| Numisquare ID | 7821392100 |
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