| Issuer | French Guiana |
| Year | 1947-1949 |
| Type | Standard banknote |
| Value | 5000 Francs |
| Currency | Franc (1917-1960) |
| Composition | Paper |
| Size | 204 × 109 mm |
| Shape | Rectangular |
| Printer | Banque de France, France |
| No. printed | |
| Designer(s) | Robert Poughéon |
| Engraver(s) | Obverse: Jules Piel, André Marliat Reverse: Robert Armanelli |
| In circulation to | |
| Reference(s) | P#26 |
| Obverse description | Multicolor printing. Overprinted on P#27 from French Equatorial Africa. 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. Perforated and stamped SPECIMEN. |
| Reverse description | Multicolor. Group of figures busy picking fruit. Below, article 139 of the Penal Code is printed in a gray cartridge. Double printed SPECIMEN. |
| Signature(s) | |
| Protection type | Watermark |
| Protection description | Woman`s head wearing a Phrygian cap. |
| 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) |
| 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) |
| Variants | |
| Catalog ID | 8943680580 |
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