Reference:
Pick: #30 , The Banknote Book: B414 , Other: #K232
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Description
Bank of Guyana. No date (1960). Issued note in 1960 identical to the pick: #24 but with the watermark overprinted in red "CONTRE-VALEUR DE 5 NOUVEAUX FRANCS". Work of Clément Serveau. Dimensions: 180 x 96 mm. Watermark with a woman's head wearing a phrygian cap. Front and back: multicolored printing. Front: The word "GUYANE" repeated four times and the value "500" are printed in dark blue. Numbering and signature are printed in black. On the right, a Martinican woman and a Guadeloupian woman pose in front of the port of Point-à-Pitre. One signature: The Director General: A. Postel-Vinay. Back: ox carts carrying sugar cane. At the bottom, article 139 of the Penal Code is printed in a yellow cartridge. The word "GUYANA" repeated five times and the value "500" are printed in dark blue. Specimen of the issued note signed and numbered O.00 - 00000 with "SPECIMEN" diagonally perforated. Another known specimen on the "7" alphabet (Y.7-27571) with five wet "SPECIMEN" surcharges in blue printed in the corners. Banknotes found: U.7-15202, U7-15210, U.7-15223, U.7-15226.
Banknotes :Caisse Centrale de la France d'Outre-Mer (1960)
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Banknotes : French Guiana
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