Diagonal black SPÉCIMEN / No # ovpt front; vertical SPECIMEN perf; horizontal red city name ovpt (ABIDJAN, BAMAKO, COTONOU, DAKAR, LOMÉ, NIAMEY, NOUAKCHOTT, OUAGADOUGOU); all-zero s/n 5,000 francs Values

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Diagonal black SPÉCIMEN / No # ovpt front; vertical SPECIMEN perf; horizontal red city name ovpt (ABIDJAN, BAMAKO, COTONOU, DAKAR, LOMÉ, NIAMEY, NOUAKCHOTT, OUAGADOUGOU); all-zero s/n 5,000 francs Values

Details

Obverse: French text; old man with beard; modern palm oil factory with smokestacks; palm trees

Reverse: French text; penal code; trees; three young men with hand-cranked oil press; native houses with conical thatched roof; young woman wearing knotted scarf

Basic Information

GSID:

145905

Denomination:

5,000 francs

Varieties and Classification

Variety:

Diagonal black SPÉCIMEN / No # ovpt front; vertical SPECIMEN perf; horizontal red city name ovpt (ABIDJAN, BAMAKO, COTONOU, DAKAR, LOMÉ, NIAMEY, NOUAKCHOTT, OUAGADOUGOU); all-zero s/n

Design Details

Note Color:

Blue, green, orange, yellow, and red

Note Dimension:

169 x 110 mm

Printer:

(Banque de France)

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