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25 Francs
| Issuer | Afrique Française Libre |
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| Year | 1941 |
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| Printer | Bradbury Wilkinson and Company, United Kingdom (1856-1990) |
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| Obverse description | Multicolor note in red, blue, and ochre tones, with a central vignette of a man leading a horse, set against a landscape underprint. A flag vignette appears at the upper right corner, framed by ornamental borders with guilloche patterning. The denomination and issuing authority inscriptions are arranged across the face of the note. |
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| Reverse lettering | AFRIQUE FRANÇAISE LIBRE L'ART. 139 DU CODE PÉNAL PUNIT DES TRAVAUX FORCÉS CEUX QUI AURONT CONTREFAIT OU FALSIFIÉ LES BILLETS DE BANQUES AUTORISÉES PAR LA LOI (Translation: Free French Africa. Article 139 of the Penal Code punishes with forced labor those who have counterfeited or falsified bank notes authorized by law.) |
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Afrique Française Libre was a wartime administrative fiction — a rallying designation for the French colonial territories that had rejected Vichy and aligned with de Gaulle's Free French movement. This note was issued under that authority in 1941, when the practical business of financing a breakaway colonial administration required currency fast, with whatever printing arrangements London could provide.
Bradbury Wilkinson handled the contract. The series is scarce in any condition, a direct consequence of the short-lived and geographically fragmented nature of the issuing authority.