Bank of Guadeloupe. No date (1955). Issued note in 1956. Work of Robert Poughéon. Dimensions: 196 x 107 mm. Watermark with West Indian head profile left. Front and back: multicolored printing. Front: the word "GUADELOUPE" is repeated in red and continuously in the margin around the banknote. The title is printed in dark blue and the values ​​"5000" in gray. Numbering and signature are printed in black. In the center, a West Indian woman presents a basket of fruits in front of a group of palm trees on the left. One signature: The Director General: A. Postel-Vinay. Back: group of people in full harvest of sugar cane. At the bottom right, article 139 of the Penal Code is printed in a gray cartridge. Specimen of the issued note numbered O.00 - 00000 with "SPECIMEN" diagonally perforated and two damp black pads in the upper corners. Number range of issued notes: 1 to 646,000. Banknotes found: F2-555, K5-389, K22-331, K22-332, K22-339. The issued note is very rare to find: only 4109 copies remained outstanding in December 1973!The photo note also illustrates the Dr. Kolsky's book: "The D.O.M-T.O.M Banknotes", published in 2006, 280 pages.