| Issuer | Réunion (1848-date) |
|---|---|
| Year | 1947 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
| Value | 5000 Francs |
| Currency | Franc (1816-1965) |
| Composition | Paper |
| Size | 204 × 109 mm |
| Shape | Rectangular |
| Printer | Banque de France, France |
| Designer(s) | Robert Poughéon |
| Engraver(s) | Obverse: Jules Piel, André Marliat Reverse: Robert Armanelli |
| In circulation to | |
| Reference(s) | P#48 |
| Obverse description | Multicolor printing. Overprinted on P#27 from French Equatorial Africa. Pensive bust of Victor Schoelcher, French journalist and politician posing in front of a sea and mountain landscape. In his hand, the parchment of the abolition of slavery in the French colonies. |
|---|---|
| Obverse lettering | LA RÉUNION REPUBLIQUE FRANÇAISE 5000 CAISSE CENTRALE DE LA FRANCE D`OUTRE-MER LA RÉUNION CINQ MILLE FRANCS R. POUGHEON FEC. J. PIEL - A. MARLIAT SC. LA RÉUNION (Translation: Reunion French Republic Central Fund of Overseas France Reunion Five Thousand Francs) |
| Reverse description | Multicolor. Group of figures busy picking fruit. Below, article 139 of the Penal Code is printed in a gray cartridge. |
| Reverse lettering | LA RÉUNION REPUBLIQUE FRANÇAISE 5000 CINQ MILLE FRANCS L`ARTICLE 139 DU CODE PÉNAL PUNIT DES TRAVAUX FORCÉS CEUX QUI AURONT CONTREFAIT OU FALSIFIÉ LES BILLETS DE BANQUE AUTORISÉES PAR LA LOI CAISSE CENTRALE DE LA FRANCE D`OUTRE-MER R. POUGHEON FEC. A. MARLIAT SC. (Translation: Reunion French Republic Five Thousand Francs Article 139 of the Penal Code punishes forced Labor those who have counterfeited or falsified banknotes authorized by Law. Central Fund of Overseas France) |
| Signature(s) | |
| Protection type | Watermark |
| Protection description | Woman`s head wearing a Phrygian cap. |
| Variants | January 2, 1911 |
| Numisquare ID | 5040314390 |
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