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| French Somaliland Djibouti 500 Francs banknote |
French Somaliland Djibouti banknotes 500 Francs banknote of 1938, issued by the Bank of Indochina (Banque de l'Indochine)French Indo-china banknotes, French Indo-china paper money, French Indo-china bank notes, French Indochinese francs.
Obverse: Allegory of France, Local Woman on back, Boats and Ships at the top of banknote
Reverse: Tahitian women, Boats and Ships.
French Somaliland was a French colony in the Horn of Africa. It was established between 1883 and 1887, after the then ruling Somali and Afar Sultans signed various treaties with the French. This arrangement lasted until 1946, when the polity became an overseas territory of France. In 1967, French Somaliland was renamed the French Territory of the Afars and the Issas. In 1977, it became the independent country of Djibouti.