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1 Franc
| Issuer | Trésor Colonial |
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| Year | 1884 |
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| Currency | Franc (1816-1965) |
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| Obverse description | Black letterpress text on light-blue paper, enclosed within an ornate typographic border of scrollwork and floral corner ornaments. The heading reads 'ILE DE LA REUNION / Tresor Colonial' above the authorizing decree reference and the large-type denomination 'BON POUR UN FRANC', with the place and date of issue at centre. Two manuscript signatures appear below the printed titles of the signatories, with a guarantee clause at foot. |
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| Reverse description | Unprinted light-blue paper reverse, bearing only faint ink show-through from the obverse letterpress impression, with no intentional design elements or inscriptions. |
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The Trésor Colonial was France's instrument for managing currency in its overseas territories before dedicated colonial banks absorbed that function. This 1 Franc from 1884 predates the establishment of territory-specific issuing authorities across much of French Africa and the Pacific, placing it among the earliest standardized colonial fractional notes of the Third Republic period.
Pick 2 is scarce. Notes of this vintage and denomination circulated hard in low-value daily transactions and few survived intact.