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1 Franc
| Issuer | Trésorerie de Nouméa |
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| Year | 1942 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse description | Central vignette of a harbour industrial scene with a loading crane at left and a factory complex at right, rendered in a simple line-engraved style. Denomination numeral '1 F.' appears in the upper corners within the border. Two signature lines appear below the vignette, attributed to Le Gouverneur at lower left and Le Trésorier-Payeur at lower right, with a serial number in the centre. |
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| Reverse description | Central vignette of a stylised stag's head with full antlers, overlaid by a Cross of Lorraine — the symbol of the Free French movement — rendered in blue-violet letterpress. A floral and foliate border frames the note, with a legal counterfeit warning panel at lower left. |
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Nouméa's wartime emergency issues of 1942 were produced under Free French authority after New Caledonia sided with de Gaulle in September 1940 — one of the earliest territories to do so. Cut off from metropolitan printing facilities and from the Banque de l'Indochine's normal supply chain, local treasury authorities resorted to rudimentary locally-produced notes to keep small-denomination commerce functioning.
The Trésorerie de Nouméa series is among the more provisional issues of the Pacific war period. Printing quality reflects the constraints of the time and place rather than any deliberate design economy.