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100 Francs
| Issuer | Banque de la Réunion |
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| Year | 1874-1917 |
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| Value | 100 Francs |
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| Obverse description | Red-printed note with an ornate engraved border of interlocking guilloche and floral corner ornaments. The issuer's name BANQUE DE LA RÉUNION appears at the top centre in bold letterpress, flanked by two circular medallion vignettes with dense textual inscriptions. The denomination CENT FRANCS is printed in large letters across the centre of the note, above three manuscript signatures, with the legend IL SERA PAYÉ EN ESPÈCES, À VUE, AU PORTEUR running across the upper field. This example bears a large ANNULÉ cancellation overprint. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is a mirror impression of the obverse design, showing the red guilloche border and two circular medallion vignettes with textual content, along with the denomination and issuer name visible in reverse through the paper. The ANNULÉ cancellation overprint is likewise visible on this side, consistent with a cancelled specimen. |
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The Banque de la Réunion was one of the colonial banks established under the French imperial banking laws of the 1850s, granted the right of note issue for a single overseas territory. This 100 Francs note spans an unusually long production window — over four decades — which typically indicates the plate design was never significantly revised and successive printings were authorized by updating serial ranges rather than reissuing a new type.
Colonial French banknotes of this period were generally printed in metropolitan France, with the issuing bank's name and territory applied to plate designs that could be, and often were, recycled across multiple colonial institutions. Attributing a specific printer to this issue with confidence requires documentary corroboration beyond the face of the note itself.