100 Francs With overprint
Features
| Issuer |
Djibouti ›
French Somaliland (1896-1967)
 |
|---|---|
| Issuing bank | Bank of Indochina |
| Period |
Second French Colonial Empire (1896-1946)
|
| Type | Standard circulation banknotes |
| Year | 1920 |
| Value | 100 Francs |
| Currency | Franc (1883-1949) |
| Composition | Paper |
| Size | 206 × 118 mm |
| Shape | Rectangular |
| Technique | Overprinted |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Number | N# 259642 |
| References | P# 4 Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes). |
Obverse
Brown print; black serial numbers.
Red overprint under bank name at centre. Two reclining women with ox (Bos taurus) and tiger (Panthera tigris) at bottom, elephant (Loxodonta sp.) columns at left and right. Text in French, Arabic and Amharic.
Scripts: Arabic, Ge'ez, Latin
Lettering:
LA LOI PUNIT LE CONTREFACTEUR
Décres de 21 Janvier 1875, 20 Février 1888, 16 Mai 1900 & 3 Avril 1901
BANQUE DE L'INDO-CHINE
PAPEETE (TAHITI), le 11 Mars 1914.
DJIBOUTI, le 2 Janvier 1920.
አንድ መቶ ፍራንክ مئة فرنك
CENT FRANCS
payables en espèces au porteur
Le Caissier de la Sucursale, Un Administrateur, L'Adm-Directeur
100
A BRAMTOT ET G DUVAL FEC CH WULLSCHLEGER SC.
Translation: The law punishes the counterfeiter. Decrees of January 21, 1875, February 20, 1888, May 16, 1900 & April 3, 1901. Papeete (Tahiti), March 11, 1914. Djibouti January 2nd, 1920. One hundred francs. Payable in cash to bearer. Branch cashier, one administrator, the director administrator.
Engraver: Charles Wullschleger
Designers: Alfred-Henri Bramtot, Georges Duval
Reverse
Brown print.
Circle at centre, squares in corners.
Script: Latin
Lettering:
L'ARTICLE 139 DU CODE PÉNAL
PUNIT DES TRAVAUX FORCÉS CEUX QUI AURONT
CONTREFAIT OU FALSIFIÉ LES BILLET DE BANQUE AUTORISÉS
PAR LA LOI AINSI QUE CEUX QUI AURONT FAIT USAGE
DE CES BILLETS CONTREFAITS OU FALSIFIÉS
BANQUE DE L'INDO-CHINE
Translation: Article 139 of the penal code punishes with forced labor those who have counterfeit or falsified banknotes authorized by law as well as those who have made use of these counterfeit or falsified notes. Bank of Indochina.
Engraver: Charles Wullschleger
Designers: Georges Duval, Alfred-Henri Bramtot
Watermark
Woman's head.
Signatures
| Jean Hély d'Oissel (JHO) | Administrator |
|
| Simon Marie Joseph Alphonse Stanislas (SMJAS) | Director administrator |
|
Printer
Banque de France, Paris, FranceComments
Overprint on Tahiti P-6.
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| Date | Signatures | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Undetermined | |||||||||||||||
| 1920-Jan-02 | JHO, SMJAS | P#4a Handwritten signature of the cashier. | |||||||||||||
| 1920-Jan-02 | JHO, SMJAS | P#4a Printed signature of the cashier. | |||||||||||||
| 1920-Jan-02 | JHO, SMJAS | P#4b Cancelled, handstamp : ANNULE | |||||||||||||
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