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100 Francs - La Bourdonnais
| Issuer | Caisse Centrale de la France d'Outre-Mer |
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| Year | 1947 |
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| Currency | Franc (1816-1965) |
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| Obverse description | Intaglio multicolour note centred on a portrait vignette of Bertrand-François Mahé de La Bourdonnais in period dress, flanked to the left by a sailing ship vignette and to the right by a native couple. Denomination and issuer title are placed within the upper and lower margins respectively, with a double brown overprint reading LA REUNION applied across both the top and bottom centre margins. Designer and engraver credits — W. FEL FEC. and R. ARMANELLI SC. — appear in the lower margin. |
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| Reverse description | Intaglio multicolour composition centred on a bust-length portrait of a Réunionnaise woman in profile to the right, dressed in an orange garment and ornate earrings, set against a sweeping mountain landscape with tropical vegetation in the middle ground. Guilloche borders frame the left and right edges, while a decorative cartouche at lower left carries the statutory counterfeiting warning text. The overprint LA REUNION appears twice, in the upper margin and at lower centre, with engraver credit G. REGNIER SC. in the lower margin. |
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| Protection description | Head of a woman seen from three-quarter view. |
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