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5000 Francs - Gen. Schoelcher

Issuer Caisse Centrale de la France d'Outre-Mer
Year 1947-1949
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Engraver(s) Obverse: Jules Piel, André Marliat
Reverse: Robert Armanelli
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Obverse description Multicolour intaglio and letterpress printing on an overprint applied to the French Equatorial Africa P#27 base note. A contemplative bust of Victor Schoelcher — French journalist, politician and abolitionist — is set against a vignette of sea and mountain landscape, with the parchment of the abolition of slavery in the French colonies held in his hand. The note is perforated and carries a SPECIMEN overprint stamp.
Obverse lettering GUYANE REPUBLIQUE FRANÇAISE 5000 CAISSE CENTRALE DE LA FRANCE D'OUTRE-MER GUYANE CINQ MILLE FRANCS R. POUGHEON FEC. J. PIEL - A. MARLIAT SC.
(Translation: Guiana French Republic Central Fund of Overseas France Guiana Five Thousand Francs)
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Reverse lettering GUYANE 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 CAISSE CENTRALE DE LA FRANCE D'OUTRE-MER R. POUGHEON FEC. A. MARLIAT SC.
(Translation: Guiana French Republic 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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