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5 Francs - Bougainville

Issuer Institut d'Émission de l'Afrique Équatoriale Française et du Cameroun
Year 1957
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Size 104 × 56 mm
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Obverse 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)
Reverse description Multicolour note with an intaglio vignette of an African woman in traditional dress and jewellery positioned at left, resting beside a woven basket filled with tropical fruits including a pineapple and citrus. The background presents a tropical landscape with palm trees, mountains, and a colonial-style building at right amid cultivated fields. The anti-counterfeiting penal notice appears in a central cartouche, flanked by the denomination numerals '5' at each upper corner.
Reverse lettering INSTITUT D'ÉMISSION DE L'A.E.F. ET DU CAMEROUN L'ART. 139 DU CODE PÉNAL PUNIT DES TRAVAUX FORCÉS CEUX QUI AURONT CONTREFAIT OU FALSIFIÉ LES BILLETS DE BANQUES AUTORISÉES 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.)
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