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100 Francs
| Issuer | Banque de la Martinique |
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| Year | 1922-1930 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse description | Black and green intaglio print on a light ground with a faint tropical vignette underprint of palm trees at centre. The note is framed by an ornate engraved border with decorative corner cartouches. The bank title BANQUE DE LA MARTINIQUE appears at the top, with the denomination CENT FRANCS in large bold lettering at centre, above three manuscript signature lines for Le Directeur, Le Caissier, and L'un des Censeurs. Serial number and series letter appear in the upper and lower corners, and two circular green medallion seals are positioned left and right of centre. |
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| Obverse lettering | BANQUE DE LA MARTINIQUE IL SERA PAYÉ EN ESPÈCES, À VUE, AU PORTEUR, CENT FRANCS. Le Directeur, Le Caissier, L'un des Censeurs CORNOUAILLES FECIT. |
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The Banque de la Martinique operated as a colonial bank of issue under French charter, with note designs typically commissioned through metropolitan French printing houses rather than produced locally. This 100 Francs belongs to a series that spanned nearly a decade of issue dates — a long run that reflects the relative monetary stability of the French Antilles during the interwar period, when currency replacement cycles elsewhere were far more volatile.
Crosbie's engraving work on this series is technically accomplished. The plate quality tends to hold well across surviving examples, though notes from the earlier part of the 1922–1930 window occasionally show ink inconsistencies attributable to humidity exposure in Caribbean storage conditions — a documented issue with colonial paper stocks of this period.