5 Francs - Bougainville

Features

Location French Equatorial Africa (Central African States)
Issuing institution Emission Institute of French Equatorial Africa and Cameroon (Institut d'Emission de l'Afrique Equatoriale Française et du Cameroun)
Period French Union (1946-1958)
Type Standard banknote
Year 1957
Value 5 Francs (5 FCFA)
Currency CFA franc (1945-1960)
Composition Paper
Size 104 × 56 mm
Shape Rectangular
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
268273
References P# 28
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: 1957 ND Issue

Obverse

Multicolor.
Sailing ship "La Boudeuse" at left, Louis Antoine de Bougainville at right.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
INSTITUT D'EMISSION DE L'A.E.F. ET DU CAMEROUN
CINQ FRANCS
BOUGAINVILLE
G. A. KLEIN FEC. G. BELTRAND SC.

Translation:
Emission Institute of French Equatorial Africa and Cameroon
Five Francs

Engraver: Georges Léon Égalité Beltrand

Designer: Georges-André Klein

Reverse

Multicolor.
Woman at left, agricultural products & house at right.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
INSTITUT D'EMISSION DE L'A.E.F. ET DU CAMEROUN
L'ART. 139 DU CODE PENAL PUNIT DES TRAVAUX FORCÉS CEUX QUI AURONT
CONTREFAIT OU FALSIFIÉ LES BILLETES DE BANQUE AUTORISÉS PAR LA LOI
G. A. KLEIN FEC. A. CHAPON SC.

Translation:
Emission Institute of French Equatorial Africa and Cameroon
Article 139 of the Penal Code punishes with forced labor those who have counterfeited or falsified bank notes authorized by law.

Engraver: Auguste Chapon

Designer: Georges-André Klein

Printer

Banque de France, France

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC
ND (1957) 

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