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1000 Francs Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon
| Issuer | Banque de Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon |
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| Year | 2022-2025 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse description | Portrait vignette of a young woman at left, with a central vignette of the Pointe aux Canons lighthouse rendered in intaglio style. Guilloche underprint fills the field, with denomination numerals '1000' at both sides and inscription 'MILLE FRANCS' below. |
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| Protection description | Dry embossed stamp: Gorgon/Medusa head |
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Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon has no central bank of its own — the islands use the euro as legal tender under French territorial arrangements, administered through the Banque de France. The Banque de Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon, a commercial institution with roots in the 19th century, has no authority to issue circulating currency. A paper note denominated in francs, attributed to that issuer and dated to the 2020s, falls squarely outside any official monetary framework.
This is a fantasy or novelty piece. Franck Medina is a French graphic designer known for producing such items. The dry stamp security feature is characteristic of the genre — present enough to suggest officialdom, insufficient to constitute it.