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10 Francs
| Issuer | Trésor Colonial de la Guadeloupe |
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| Year | 1884 |
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| Value | 10 Francs |
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| Obverse description | Black letterpress text on cream paper within a plain rectangular border formed by a repeating ornamental frame. The denomination DIX FRANCS is set in large bold capitals at the centre, above two handwritten signature lines with a manuscript serial number between them, attributed to the Délégué du Directeur de l'Intérieur and the Trésorier-Payeur. Institutional authority inscriptions appear at the top and a guarantee clause at the foot of the note. |
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| Obverse lettering | GUADELOUPE ET DÉPENDANCES. TRÉSOR COLONIAL. (Décret du 18 août 1884.) DIX FRANCS. Le Délégué du Directeur de l'Intérieur, Le Trésorier-Payeur, La contre-valeur en espèces est déposée au Trésor. (Translation: Guadeloupe and Dependencies. Colonial Treasury. (Decree of 18 August 1884.) Ten Francs. The Delegate of the Director of the Interior, The Treasurer-Paymaster, The cash equivalent is deposited in the Treasury.) |
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The Trésor Colonial de la Guadeloupe issued its own notes independently of the Banque de la Guadeloupe, which operated concurrently. These treasury issues were specifically intended to address small-denomination circulation needs that the larger commercial bank did not adequately serve. The colonial treasury series to which this note belongs is among the earliest surviving paper issues attributable to Guadeloupe, and survivorship is poor — the humid Caribbean climate was unkind to paper, and few examples from this 1884 series have surfaced in European or American collections.
Pick lists only a handful of denominations for this issuer, suggesting the series was intentionally limited in scope.