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100 Francs
| Issuer | Caisse Centrale de la France d'Outre-Mer |
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| Year | 1944 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Reverse description | Green intaglio on a yellow underprint. The central vignette presents a maritime and mercantile still life composed of an anchor, barrel, bale, and assorted trade implements. The issuing authority's title and the authorizing ordinance date 'ORD 2 FEV. 1944' occupy the upper register, while the lower field carries the standard Penal Code anti-counterfeiting warning in full. |
| Reverse lettering | CAISSE CENTRALE DE LA FRANCE D`OUTRE-MER ORD 2 FEV. 1944 100 | 100 L`article 139 du Code Pénal punit des travaux forcés ceux qui auront contrefait ou falsifié les billet de Banque autorisés par la Loi ainsi que ceux qui auront fait usage de ces billets contrefaits ou falsifiés. (Translation: Central Fund of Overseas France Order of February 2, 1944 Article 139 of the Penal Code punishes with forced labor those who have counterfeited or falsified bank notes authorized by law as well as those who have used these counterfeit or falsified banknotes.) |
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The Caisse Centrale de la France d'Outre-Mer was established by de Gaulle's provisional government in 1944 specifically to provide a monetary mechanism for liberated French territories — a deliberate separation from Vichy-tainted institutions. This note was part of the initial issue, produced in London while the war was still running.
Edmund Dulac, best known as a book illustrator, designed several of the Allied occupation and liberation currency series during the war years, working from London. Bradbury Wilkinson executed the engraving. The pairing was unusual for colonial currency of the period, which rarely attracted designers of Dulac's reputation.