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1 Franc IEOM
| Issuer | Institut d'Émission d'Outre-Mer (IEOM) |
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| Year | 1975-1982 |
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| Engraver(s) | Raymond Joly |
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| Obverse description | Left-facing effigy of Marianne, the allegorical personification of the French Republic, wearing a Phrygian cap with flowing ribbons and draped robes, engraved by Raymond Joly whose signature R.JOLY appears in the lower right field. The legend RÉPVBLIQVE FRANÇAISE runs along the upper periphery, while the issuer's acronym I·E·O·M and the date are inscribed along the lower portion of the field. |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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The IEOM was established in 1966 to replace the Institut d'Émission des Départements d'Outre-Mer as the monetary authority for France's Pacific territories — New Caledonia, French Polynesia, and Wallis and Futuna. These small-denomination francs circulated across communities whose nearest major city was often thousands of miles away, making resupply of coinage a genuine logistical problem rather than a routine treasury operation.