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100 Livres Tournois
| Issuer | Intendance Générale des Colonies |
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| Year | 1788 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse description | Plain typeset note printed in black on cream handmade paper, enclosed within a decorative chain-link border. The heading ISLES DE FRANCE ET DE BOURBON appears in spaced small capitals at top, followed by the text body in mixed Roman and italic letterpress setting authorizing the note under the Royal Edict of 10 June 1788. The denomination CENT LIVRES is set in bold reverse type within a solid black panel at centre, with the printed signatures of De Vaivre, Intendant général des Colonies, and Le Brasseur, Intendant général des fonds de la Marine et des Colonies, appearing in the lower left and right corners respectively. |
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| Obverse lettering | ISLES DE FRANCE ET DE BOURBON BILLET DE CENT LIVRES TOURNOIS QUI AURA COURS AUX ISLES DE FRANCE ET DE BOURBON CONFORMÉMENT À L'ÉDIT DU ROI, DU 10 JUIN 1788 CENT LIVRES DE VAIVRE INTENDANT GÉNÉRAL DES COLONIES LE BRASSEUR INTENDANT GÉNÉRAL DES FONDS DE LA MARINE & DES COLONIES |
| Reverse description | Plain unprinted reverse of cream-toned handmade paper, showing horizontal fold lines and a faint partial impression of the obverse text visible as a ghost image through the sheet. |
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