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100 Francs
| Issuer | Institut d'Émission des Départements d'Outre-Mer |
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| Year | 1966 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse description | The obverse presents a three-quarter portrait of a distinguished elderly man at centre-right, set against a tropical landscape vignette with a river valley and lush vegetation in the background. Elaborate floral and foliate guilloche borders frame the design on either side, incorporating tropical fruits and flowers. The heading reads DÉPARTEMENT DE LA GUADELOUPE, DÉPARTEMENT DE LA GUYANE, and DÉPARTEMENT DE LA MARTINIQUE along the margins, with RÉPUBLIQUE FRANÇAISE and CENT FRANCS inscribed in the upper field alongside the numeral 100. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse carries the same central portrait of the elderly man, rendered with finer intaglio detail, set within a tropical panoramic scene showing a colonial harbour with a sailing vessel at left and a plantation scene at right. The upper register displays the coats of arms of Martinique, Guyane, and Guadeloupe flanking the RÉPUBLIQUE FRANÇAISE inscription. Decorative guilloche borders with tropical foliage repeat along the side margins, and the issuing authority legend appears at the foot of the note. |
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The Institut d'Émission des Départements d'Outre-Mer was established in 1959 specifically to manage currency in France's overseas departments — Martinique, Guadeloupe, Réunion, and French Guiana — after the Caisse Centrale de la France d'Outre-Mer relinquished that function. These territories were legally French soil, not colonies, which made their monetary arrangements a domestic matter handled through Paris rather than through any colonial banking structure.
Banque de France produced the series in-house, which is why the paper and print quality align closely with metropolitan French issues of the period. The watermark is the primary security feature — no thread, no UV elements — consistent with mid-1960s French printing standards before later upgrades to the overseas series.