Catalog
See full images - free registration
Continue with Google - no registration!
or register with email
Why register? Just to keep bots out of our catalog. Your email stays private - we will never share it or send you anything uninvited. We guarantee you that!
5000 Francs
| Issuer | Banque Centrale - République du Cameroun |
|---|---|
| Year | 1961 |
| Type | Log in to see details |
| Value | Log in to see details |
| Currency | Log in to see details |
| Composition | Cotton paper |
| Size | Log in to see details |
| Shape | Log in to see details |
| Printer | Log in to see details |
| Designer(s) | Log in to see details |
| Engraver(s) | Log in to see details |
| In circulation to | Log in to see details |
| Reference(s) | Log in to see details |
| Obverse description | Multicolour intaglio note with a portrait of President Ahmadou Ahidjo at right and an architectural building vignette at left, set against a guilloche underprint. A bilingual overprinted denomination in English at lower left — reading FIVE THOUSAND FRANCS — distinguishes this issue (P#9) from the French-only P#8. Decorative foliate borders and fine-line security underprinting are characteristic of Banque de France production. |
|---|---|
| Obverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Reverse description | Multicolour reverse centred on a tropical landscape vignette with logs in the middle ground. A circular medallion at left contains an elaborate floral arrangement, while its counterpart at right holds a composition of tropical produce including bananas and cocoa pods. Decorative geometric and foliate borders frame the design, with the anti-counterfeiting warning legend in a panel at lower centre. |
| Reverse lettering | RÉPUBLIQUE DU CAMEROUN LES AUTEURS OU COMPLICES DES FALSIFICATIONS OU DE CONTREFAÇON DE BILLETS DE BANQUE SERONT PUNIS CONFORMÉMENT AUX LOIS ET ACTES EN VIGUEUR (Translation: Republic of Cameroon — Those who author or are complicit in the falsification or counterfeiting of banknotes will be punished in accordance with the laws and acts in force.) |
| Signature(s) | Log in to see details |
| Protection type | Log in to see details |
| Protection description | Log in to see details |
| Variants | Log in to see details |
| Comments | Log in to see details |