1000 Francs B.I.C overprint
Features
| Issuer |
Djibouti ›
French Somaliland (1896-1967)
 |
|---|---|
| Issuing bank | Bank of Indochina |
| Period |
Free France (1942-1945)
|
| Type | Standard circulation banknotes |
| Year | 1943 |
| Value | 1000 Francs |
| Currency | Franc (1883-1949) |
| Composition | Paper |
| Size | 210 × 120 mm |
| Shape | Rectangular |
| Technique | Overprinted |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Number | N# 262138 |
| References | P# 13E Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes). |
Series: 1943 series
Obverse
Brown and green print; yellow underprint; black serial numbers.
Black rectangular overprint. at upper right. Seated topless woman facing right at right. People in a market with produce and camels (Camelus sp.) in background. Watermark area at centre. Text in French, Arabic, and Amharic.
Scripts: Arabic, Ge'ez, Latin
Lettering:
CÔTE FRANÇAISE DES SOMALIS
B.I.C.
BANQUE DE L'INDO-CHINE
MILLE FRANCS
DJIBOUTI
۱۰۰۰ ሺ
LE PRESIDENT
LE DIRECTEUR GÉNERAL
1000
L. JONAS FEC. G. BELTRAND SC.
Translation: Bank of Indochina. Five hundred francs. Payable in cash to bearer. The president, the general director.
Engraver: Camille Beltrand
Designer: Lucien Hector Jonas
Reverse
Multicolour print; multicolour underprint.
Woman carrying basket at left, man holding spear at right. Lake trees and mountains in background. Text in French, Arabic and Amharic.
Scripts: Arabic, Ge'ez, Latin
Lettering:
BANQUE DE L'INDO-CHINE
አንድ ሺ ፍራንክ
ሺ
ألف فرنك
۱۰۰۰
L'ARTICLE 139 DU CODE PENAL PUNIT
DES TRAVAUX FORCÈS
CEUX QUI AURONT
CONTREFAIT OU FALSIFIÉ
LES BILLETS DE BANQUE
AUTORISÉE PAR LA LOI
1000
L. JONAS FEC. G. BELTRAND SC.
Translation: Bank of Indochina. One thousand francs. One thousand. Article 139 of the penal code punishes with forced labor those who have counterfeit or falsified banknotes authorized by law.
Engraver: Camille Beltrand
Designer: Lucien Hector Jonas
Watermark
Native's head.
Signatures
| Marcel Borduge (MB) | President |
|
| Paul Baudouin (PB) | General director |
|
Printer
Banque de France, Paris, FranceComments
Overprint on P-10
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| Date | Signatures | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Undetermined | |||||||||||||||
| ND (1943) | MB, PB | ||||||||||||||
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