Portrait of Pierre Belain d`Esnambuc (1585–1636) was a French trader and adventurer in the Caribbean, who established the first permanent French colony, Saint-Pierre, on the island of Martinique in 1635. Overprint on Reunion P#44.
Reverse description
Native woman
Signature(s)
Protection type
Watermark
Protection description
Female head seen in profile.
Obverse lettering
LA REUNION
CAISSE CENTRALE DE LA FRANCE D`OUTRE-MER
CINQUANTE 50
FRANCS SAINT-PIERRE ET MIQUELON
CONTRE-VALEUR DE
1
NOUVEAU FRANC
SAINT-PIERRE ET MIQUELON
LA REUNION
W. FEL. FEC. | HOURRIEZ SC. (Translation: Central Cash Register of Overseas France, Fifty Francs, Counter-value of 1 New Franc, Saint Pierre and Miquelon)
Reverse lettering
LA REUNION
CAISSE CENTRALE
DE LA FRANCE D`OUTRE-MER 50
SAINT-PIERRE ET MIQUELON
LA REUNION
L`ARTICLE 139 DU CODE PÉNAL PUNIT
DES TRAVAUX FORCÉS CEUX
QUI AURONTCONTREFAIT OU
FALSIFIÉ LES BILLETS DE BAN
QUES AUTORISÉES PAR LA LOI
SAINT-PIERRE ET MIQUELON
LA REUNION
W. FEL. FEC. G. REGNIER SC. (Translation: Central Cash Register of Overseas France, Saint Pierre and Miquelon, Article 139 of the penal code punishes those who have forged or falsified the banknotes to forced labor authorised by law)