100 Francs

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.