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1000 Francs
| Issuer | Banque de l'Indochine |
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| Year | 1945 |
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| Reference(s) | P#13 |
| Obverse description | Printed in blue on the base note of New Caledonia P-47b, with Angkor temple statues as a vignette at left. A red oval overprint inscribed NOUVELLES HÉBRIDES FRANCE LIBRE, incorporating a palm tree motif and the Cross of Lorraine, is applied at left to validate the note for New Hebrides Free France use. Denomination and issuing authority legends are rendered in intaglio. |
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| Obverse lettering | BANQUE DE L`INDOCHINE NOUMÉA EMISSION 1944 L`article 139 du Code Pénal punit des travaux forcés ceux qui auront contrefait ou falsifié les billets de banques autorisées par la loi. Mille Francs 1000 LE DIRECTEUR DE LA SUCURSALE. UN FONDÉ DE POUVOIRS. (Translation: Bank of Indochina Noumea 1944 Issue. Article 139 of the Penal Code punishes with forced labor those who have counterfeited or falsified banknotes authorized by law. Thousand Francs. The Director of the Branch. A Holder of Powers.) |
| Reverse description | Printed entirely in blue, the reverse carries a central intaglio vignette of a procession of Indochinese coolies wearing conical hats and carrying suspended baskets on shoulder poles across a rural landscape. The denomination numeral 1000 and the legend Mille Francs appear to the right of the vignette, alongside a vertical column of Chinese characters (東方匯理銀行, the Chinese name of the Banque de l'Indochine). The place name NOUMÉA is inscribed to the upper left, and the note is framed by an ornate geometric guilloche border with floral corner medallions. |
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