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10 New Francs Overprint on 1000 Francs
| Issuer | Caisse Centrale de la France d'Outre-Mer |
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| Year | 1961 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse description | Multicolour note with a central vignette of an Antillean fisherman at left and centre, flanked on both sides by stylised butterfly motifs. The margins carry multiple red 'Guyane' overprints, while a bold red letterpress overprint reading 'CONTRE-VALEUR DE 10 NOUVEAUX FRANCS' is applied across the centre of the note. The underlying 1000 Francs design remains visible beneath the overprint. |
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| Reverse lettering | 1000 CAISSE CENTRALE DE LA FRANCE D'OUTRE-MER Guyane MILLE 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 (Translation: Central Fund of Overseas France Guiana Thousand Francs Article 139 of the Penal Code punishes with forced labor in perpetuity those who have counterfeited or falsified bank notes authorized by law.) |
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When France redenominated its currency in 1960 — dropping two zeros and creating the nouveau franc — the overseas territories administered under the Caisse Centrale required their own transitional solution. Rather than commission entirely new plates, existing 1000 Francs notes were overprinted with the new valuation, a stopgap that was quicker and cheaper than a fresh print run but produced notes that circulated only briefly before purpose-designed replacements arrived.
The overprint series is short-lived by design. Notes from this issue are genuinely harder to find in any grade than the underlying 1000 Francs type, precisely because the window of use was so narrow.