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1 Franc Banque André Krajewski
| Issuer | Banque André Krajewski |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| Size | 120 × 75 mm |
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| Obverse description | Printed in red on white paper, the obverse bears a central vignette of a seated female allegorical figure holding a branch to the left, with the denomination framed in a cartouche at the lower left. The bank name, place of issue, and value inscriptions are arranged around the vignette, with the printer's imprint at the foot of the note. |
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| Reverse description | Printed entirely in red, the reverse is composed of an elaborate engine-turned guilloche of interlocking lobes and fine geometric lacework filling the entire field. The denomination "1F" appears in three oval cartouches — one at the centre and one at each lateral margin — fully integrated within the intricate underprint. |
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André Krajewski was a French merchant operating in New Caledonia who issued private emergency currency during the post-WWI coin shortage that plagued the Pacific territories. These small-denomination nécessité notes filled a genuine gap when subsidiary coinage disappeared from circulation — a problem common across France's overseas holdings in 1919–1920.
The Carlisle & Co. imprint is the telling detail. A San Francisco commercial printer handling Pacific Basin trade work, they produced similar emergency scrip for several regional issuers. The choice of a California printer over a French metropolitan house reflects straightforward shipping geography, not any American financial connection.