FAUNA ON BANKNOTES - AFRICA

Djibouti pick 36b: 500 Francs from 1988

ND (1988). Multicolored. Man at left, rocks in sea, storks at right. Stern of ship at right on back. Pale blue underprint. Signature title LE GOUVERNEUR.

Djibouti pick 37e: 1000 Francs from 1991

1991. Brown and multicolored. Woman at left, people by diesel passenger trains at center. Trader with camels at center on back. Long arabic text on back. With security thread. With bluish microprint frame on both sides.

Collectors Comment: rev.: camels

Djibouti pick 39b: 10000 Francs from 1984

ND (1984). Brown and red on yellow and green. Woman holding baby at left, goats in tree at right. Fish and harbor scene on back. Signature title GOUVERNEUR. With a security thread.

Djibouti pick 45: 10000 Francs from 2005

ND (2005). President Hassan Gouled Aptidon at right, undersea wildlife at center. Back: Central Bank building at center.

Djibouti pick 46a: 40 Francs from 2017

2017 (date vertical in background at center right on back). Whale shark swimming in front of a coral reef scene on center and right on face. Commemorative banknote with "40eme Anniversaire de l'Independance" (40th Anniversary of Independence) at bottom right on face. Back features cargo lifts and cargo ships at center, with a port scene design in the background. 40th Anniversary logo at top left, map of Djibouti at top right. Counterfeiting clause at center bottom on back.

Collectors Comment: obv.: Whale shark