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100 Francs
| Issuer | Banque de la Guadeloupe |
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| Year | 1942 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Reverse description | Green intaglio on yellow guilloche underprint, with a repeating 'BANQUE DE LA GUADELOUPE' letterpress underprint across the field. The central vignette, enclosed within a circular guilloche border, presents a sailing vessel under full sail on calm waters with mountainous coastline in the background. Denomination numerals '100' appear in guilloche rosettes to either side, and an elaborate foliate border frames the entire composition. |
| Reverse lettering | BANQUE DE LA GUADELOUPE 100 CENT FRANCS L'ARTICLE 139 DU CODE PÉNAL PUNIT DES TRAVAUX FORCÉS À PERPÉTUITÉ LE CONTREFACTEUR E. A. WRIGHT BANK NOTE CO., PHILA. (Translation: Bank of Guadeloupe — Hundred Francs — Article 139 of the Penal Code punishes the counterfeiter with forced labor in perpetuity) |
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By 1942, the Banque de la Guadeloupe was operating under Vichy-controlled administration, but U.S. naval pressure and the broader Free French realignment in the Caribbean created acute monetary uncertainty across the French Antilles. Having notes produced by E. A. Wright in Philadelphia — an American security printer better known for corporate bonds and stock certificates than colonial currency — reflects how thoroughly normal supply chains had broken down. London and Paris were simply not viable options.
Two "Directeur" signatures rather than a Directeur and a Censeur pairing is worth noting for authentication purposes.