5000 Francs

Features

Location	French Polynesia › French Polynesia (1957-date)
Issuing institution	Overseas Institution of Issue (Institut d'Émission d'Outre-Mer)
Period	French Overseas Territory (1957-2003)
Type	Standard circulation banknotes
Years	1971-1985
Value	5000 Francs 5000 XPF = USD 48
Currency	CFP Franc (1945-date)
Composition	Paper
Size	172 × 91 mm
Shape	Rectangular
Number	N# 220891
References	P# 28 Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes).

Obverse

On the left, portrait of Louis Antoine de Bougainville. At centre, fishing net overlooking a fleet of three vessels (three-masted and schooner). On the right, sextant and stern of a ship. Polynesian printed fabric patterns frame

Script: Latin

Lettering:
INSTITUT D’ÉMISSION D'OUTRE MER
RÉPUBLIQUE FRANÇAISE
LE PRÉSIDENT DU CONSEIL
DE SURVEILLANCE
LE DIRECTEUR GÉNÉRAL
LE DIRECTEUR
CINQ
MILLE FRANCS

Translation:
Overseas Emission Institute
French Republic
Five Thousand Francs

Reverse

On the right, portrait of Auguste Febvrier Despointes. On the centre, Melanesian sailing canoe on a background of column pines. On the left, New Caledonian flowers and carved patterns.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
5000 | INSTITUT D’ÉMISSION | 5000
D'OUTRE MER
PAPEETE
L'ARTICLE 409 DU CODE PENAL PUNIT DE LA
RECLUSION CRIMINELLE A PERPETUITE CEUX
QUI AURONT CONTREFAIT OU FALSIFIE LES
BILLETS DE BANQUE AUTORISES PAR LA LOI

Translation:
Overseas Emission Institute
Papeete
Article 139 of the penal code punishes criminal conclusion to perpetuity those who will counterfeit or falsified the bank notes authorized by law.

Watermark

Marianne portrait ans "RF"

Printer

Banque de France, Paris, France

Comments

Louis Antoine de Bougainville (1729-1811) is a French navigator and explorer , who arrived in Tahiti in 1768.

Auguste Febvrier Despointes (1796-1855) is a French rear admiral, who took possession of New Caledonia for France in 1853.

Issuing details:

P#28a (1971) - signatures: Postel-Vinay & Clappier

P#28b (1973) - signatures: Panouillot & Theron

P#28c (1982-1984) - signatures: Billecart & Lefort

P#28d (1985) - signatures: Billecart & Waitzenegger

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Date		Frequency
Undetermined
ND (1971)	(fr) P#28a - Signature 1 (André Postel-Vinay, Bernard Clappier	8%
ND (1975)	(fr) P#28b - Signature 2 (Claude Panouillot, Andre De Lattre)	17%
ND (1982-1984)	(fr) P#28c - Signature 4 (Yves Roland-Billecart, Gabriel Lefort)	17%
ND (1985)	(fr) P#28d - Signature 4 (Yves Roland-Billecart, Jacques Waitzenegger)	83%

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