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1 New Franc Overprint on 100 Francs
| Issuer | Caisse Centrale de la France d'Outre-Mer |
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| Year | 1960 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse description | Multicolour intaglio note with a portrait of Bertrand-François Mahé, comte de La Bourdonnais at left and a vignette of a native couple at right. A red letterpress overprint GUADELOUPE appears at left, right and upper centre, while a blue overprint reading CONTRE-VALEUR DE 1 NOUVEAU FRANC is applied at centre over the original 100 Francs underprint. Engraver and designer credits R. ARMANELLI SC. and W. FEL. FEC. are present in the lower margin. |
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| Reverse description | Multicolour intaglio design centred on a profile vignette of a woman at right, set against a mountainous landscape background. Red letterpress overprint GUADELOUPE is applied at left, right and upper centre. Engraver and designer credits W. FEL. FEC. and G. REGNIER SC. appear in the lower margin alongside the statutory counterfeiting warning in French. |
| Reverse lettering | GUADELOUPE CAISSE CENTRALE DE LA FRANCE D'OUTRE-MER 100 CENT FRANCS L'ART 139 DU CODE PÉNAL PUNIT DES TRAVAUX FORCES A PERPÉTUITÉ CEUX QUI AURONT CONTREFAIT OU FALSIFIÉ LES BILLETS DE BANQUE AUTORISÉES PAR LA LOI W. FEL. FEC. G. REGNIER SC. (Translation: Guadeloupe Central Fund of Overseas France Hundred Francs Article 139 of the Penal Code punishes with forced labour in perpetuity those who have counterfeited or falsified bank notes authorised by law.) |
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