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100 Francs
| Issuer | Caisse Centrale de la France d'Outre-Mer |
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| Year | 1944 |
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| Size | 156 × 99 mm |
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| Obverse lettering | CAISSE CENTRALE DE LA FRANCE D'OUTRE-MER MARTINIQUE CENT FRANCS EDMUND DULAC DEL (Translation: Central Fund of Overseas France Martinique Hundred Francs) |
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| Reverse lettering | CAISSE CENTRALE DE LA FRANCE D'OUTRE-MER ORD. DU 2 FEV 1944 L'article 139 du Code Pénal punit des travaux forcés ceux qui auront contrefait ou falsifié les billets de Banques autorisées par la Loi ainsi que ceux qui auront fait usage de ces billets contrefaits ou falsifiés. (Translation: Central Fund of Overseas France Order of February 2, 1944 Article 139 of the Penal Code punishes with forced labor those who have counterfeited or falsified bank notes authorized by law as well as those who have used these counterfeit or falsified banknotes.) |
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The Caisse Centrale de la France d'Outre-Mer was established by de Gaulle's provisional government in 1944 specifically to issue currency for liberated and overseas French territories — a direct counter to both Vichy-affiliated notes and the Allied Military Currency that Washington had prepared without French consultation. The latter point infuriated de Gaulle, and the CCFOM issues were partly a political assertion that France, not the Allies, would control monetary affairs in its own territories.
Edmund Dulac, the French-born British illustrator better known for his Art Nouveau book plates, took on banknote design work for the Free French cause during the war. Bradbury Wilkinson handled the engraving and printing in London.