5000 Francs

The Territoire Français des Afars et des Issas was the transitional administrative name for what became Djibouti in 1977 — notes bearing this title had a short window of legitimacy before independence rendered them obsolete. Lambert's design was engraved by two of the Banque de France's most prolific intaglio specialists of the period; Jubert and Renaud worked across numerous French colonial and overseas territory issues during the 1960s and 1970s, giving this series a technical quality well above what the territory's size might suggest.

P#35 is the highest denomination in the final TFAI series, and the two-year gap before independence means surviving circulated examples absorbed heavy tropical use.