| Issuer | French Equatorial Africa |
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| Year | 1944 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
| Value | 5 Francs |
| Currency | Franc (1917-1945) |
| Composition | Paper |
| Size | 114 × 74 mm |
| Shape | Rectangular |
| Printer | Bradbury Wilkinson and Company, United Kingdom (1856-1990) |
| Designer(s) | Edmund Dulac |
| Engraver(s) | |
| In circulation to | |
| Reference(s) | P#15 |
| Obverse description | Red. In the center, in a dark red oval in the shape of an eye, a portrait of Marianne wearing a Phrygian cap in profile. Anchors with cross of Lorraine on both sides of the figure. |
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| Obverse lettering | Caisse Centrale de la France d`Outre-Mer CINQ FRANCS EDMUND DULAC DEL. (Translation: Central Fund of Overseas France Five Francs) |
| Reverse description | Guillochages in the corners on a security background in pink orange gradient and in an oval the article 139 of the Penal code framed by the value `5` repeated on the left and on the right. |
| Reverse lettering | CAISSE CENTRALE L`ART. 139 DU CODE PENAL PUNIT DES TRAVAUX FORCÉS CEUX QUI AURONT CONTREFAIT OU FALSIFIÉ LES BILLETES DE BANQUE AUTORISÉS PAR LA LOI AINST CEUX QUI AURONT FAIT USSAGE DE CES BILLETES CONTRAFAITS OU FALSIFIÉS ORDONANCE DU 2 FEV. 1944 DE LA FRANCE D`OUTRE-MER (Translation: Central Fund of Overseas France Article 139 of the Penal Code punishes with forced labor those who have counterfeited or falsified bank notes authorized by law as well as those who have used these counterfeit or falsified notes. Order of February 2, 1944.) |
| Signature(s) | |
| Protection type | Watermark |
| Protection description | No |
| Variants | There exists a very rare variant with rounded edges and an overprint ""in silver"" (У СРЕБРУ). Only 3 known samples exist, with serial numbers A.059 998, A.059 999 and A.059 000. |
| Numisquare ID | 3298139520 |
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