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1 Franc
| Issuer | Trésorerie de Nouméa |
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| Year | 1942 |
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| Size | 114 × 72 mm |
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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. |
| Reverse lettering | BON DE CAISSE L'ARTICLE 139 DU CODE PÉNAL PUNIT DES TRAVAUX FORCÉS À PERPÉTUITÉ CEUX QUI AURONT CONTREFAIT OU FALSIFIÉ CES BONS AINSI QUE CEUX QUI AURONT FAIT USAGE DE CES BONS CONTREFAITS OU FALSIFIÉS. ARRÊTÉ DU 9 JUILLET 1942 TRÉSOR 1F. NOUMÉA (Translation: Cash Voucher. Article 139 of the Penal Code punishes with forced labour in perpetuity those who shall have counterfeited or falsified these vouchers, as well as those who shall have made use of such counterfeited or falsified vouchers. Decree of 9 July 1942. Treasury 1 Franc Noumea.) |
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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.