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100 Francs
| Issuer | Banque de la Réunion |
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| Year | 1914-1929 |
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| Reference(s) | P#19 |
| Obverse description | The obverse is printed in brown on cream paper with a rectangular guilloche border framing the entire face. The issuer's name BANQUE DE LA RÉUNION is set in bold letterpress at the top centre, above the denomination CENT FRANCS in large display type at centre. Two oval medallions, densely engraved with text, flank the central inscription at left and right. Below the denomination, three signature lines are arranged horizontally, captioned Le Directeur, Le Caissier, and L'un des Censeurs, with manuscript signatures beneath each. Serial numbers and a plate letter appear at upper right and lower corners. |
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| Obverse lettering | BANQUE DE LA RÉUNION IL SERA PAYÉ EN ESPÈCES, À VUE, AU PORTEUR, CENT FRANCS Le Directeur, Le Caissier, L'un des Censeurs, |
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The Banque de la Réunion was a colonial bank of issue operating under a French government concession, not a central bank in any modern sense. Its notes circulated across the island as the primary fiduciary currency, but the institution itself was headquartered in Paris — an arrangement that meant monetary policy for Réunion was effectively made thousands of miles from the people using these notes daily.
The fifteen-year date span on P#19 reflects multiple emission dates rather than a single print run, with successive issues carrying the same basic design into the interwar period. Notes from the earlier part of the range are considerably scarcer than those dated through the late 1920s.