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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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| Currency | Franc (1917-1945) |
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| Obverse lettering | 100 | CAISSE CENTRALE | 100 DE LA FRANCE D`OUTRE-MER CENT FRANCS EDMUND DULAC DEL. (Translation: Central Fund of Overseas France Hundred Francs) |
| 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. |
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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.