1000 Francs

Issuer French Equatorial Africa
Year 1947
Type Standard circulation banknote
Value 1000 Francs (1000 FCFA)
Currency CFA franc (1945-1960)
Composition Paper
Size 193 × 103 mm
Shape Rectangular
Printer Banque de France, France
Designer(s) Obverse: Robert Poughéon
Reverse: William Fel
Engraver(s) Obverse: Georges Hourriez
Reverse: Robert Armanelli
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Reference(s) P#26
Obverse description Multicolor. The wording and the value `1000` in numbers and letters are printed in dark blue. Numbering and signature are printed in black. On the right, the symbol of the French Union with a woman from metropolitan France looking at a West Indian woman in front of a palm grove.
Obverse lettering CAISSE CENTRALE DE LA FRANCE D`OUTRE-MER MILLE FRANCS R. POUGHEON FEC. HOURRIEZ SC.
(Translation: Central Fund of Overseas France Thousand Francs)
Reverse description Multicolor. Caribbean woman wearing a madras in front of a canoe sailing at sunset. At the bottom of the back, article 139 of the Penal Code is printed in a blue cartouche.
Reverse lettering CAISSE CENTRALE DE LA FRANCE D`OUTRE-MER L`ART. 139 DU CODE PENAL PUNIT DES TRAVAUX FORCÉS CEUX QUI AURONT CONTREFAIT OU FALSIFIÉ LES BILLETES DE BANQUE AUTORISÉS PAR LA LOI W. FEL FEC. ARMANELLI SC.
(Translation: Central Fund of Overseas France Article 139 of the Penal Code punishes forced Labor those who have counterfeited or falsified banknotes authorized by Law.)
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