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2000 Francs
| Issuer | Tromelin Island |
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| Year | 2018 |
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| Value | 2000 Francs |
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| Obverse description | The obverse is printed on green-toned polymer with a guilloche underprint and horizontal band borders. At left, a large vignette of a great white shark (Carcharodon carcharias) is set within a circular guilloche rosette, with a conch shell motif below; at centre-right, a three-masted sailing vessel is rendered in full colour. The territorial coat of arms, displaying a seabird flanked by dolphins, appears at upper right, with the denomination '2000 frs' at upper left and 'ÎLE TROMELIN' in bold at lower right. |
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| Reverse lettering | DEUX MILLE FRANCS TERRES AUSTRALES FRANÇAISES 2000 Billet n`ayant pas cours legal, émis a des fins de collection, non remboursable, non échangeable reproduction interdite. ÎLE TROMELIN TERRES AUSTRALES FRANÇAISES © BATF |
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Tromelin Island has no permanent population and no currency of its own — a French-administered speck in the Indian Ocean with a weather station and a disputed sovereignty claim shared with Mauritius. These "issues" are purely philatelic productions, manufactured for collector sale rather than any transactional purpose, with no legal tender status under any recognized monetary framework.
The polymer substrate signals ambition to appear credible alongside modern central bank issues, but no issuing authority with genuine monetary standing backs this note.