500 Francs

Features

Issuer DjiboutiFrench Somaliland (1896-1967)
Issuing bank Bank of Indochina
Period Provisional Government of the French Republic (1944-1946)
Type Standard banknote
Year 1945
Value 500 Francs
Currency Franc (1885-1945)
Composition Paper
Size 190 × 102 mm
Shape Rectangular
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
262142
References P# 17
Tracy L. Schmidt (editor); 2019. Standard Catalog of World Paper Money. Modern issues 1961-present (25th edition). Krause Publications, Iola, Wisconsin, United States.
And 2 more volumes.

Series: 1945 series

Obverse

Blue and purple print; pink and blue underprint; black serial numbers.

Decorated frame.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
BANQUE DE L'INDO-CHINE
CINQ CENT FRANCS
L'ARTICLE 139 DU CODE PENAL PUNIT
DES TRAVAUX FORCÈS
CEUX QUI AURONT
CONTREFAIT OU FALSIFIÉ
LES BILLETS DE BANQUE
AUTORISÉE PAR LA LOI
DJIBOUTI
LE PRESIDENT
LE DIRECTEUR GENERAL
500
GOVERNMENT PRINTER, PALESTINE

Translation: Bank of Indochina. Five hundred francs. Article 139 of the penal code punishes with forced labor those who have counterfeit or falsified banknotes authorized by law. The president, the general director.

Designer: Emil Pikovsky

Reverse

Purple print; blue and pink underprint.

Daggers and spears at centre.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
BANQUE DE L'INDO-CHINE
DJIBOUTI
500
EMIL M PIKOVSKY LTD JERUSALEM

Translation: Bank of Indochina.

Designer: Emil Pikovsky

Signatures

Marcel Borduge (MB) President
Paul Baudouin (PB¹) General director

Printer

Émil M. Pikovsky Ltd, Jerusalem, Israel (1891-?)

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Date Signatures No. printed VG F VF XF AU UNC
ND (1945)  MB, PB¹ 60 000
ND (1945)  MB, PB¹ Specimen

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