100 Francs overprint in cursive

€206,399.00
IssuerNew Hebrides (1906-1980)
Year1970-1977
TypeStandard banknote
Value100 Francs
CurrencyFranc (1921-1982)
CompositionPaper
Size140 × 75 mm
ShapeRectangular
PrinterBanque de France, France
No. printed
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In circulation to
Reference(s) P#18
Obverse descriptionPort scene. Native art and watermark inset circle at left. Woman playing a string instrument at right. Serial number appears in black at top center of port scene. Final 5 digits of serial number repeated at lower left corner. Series (or control) number appears at lower right corner.
Reverse descriptionDenomination (100) appears at top left and right. Woman surrounded by foliage and flowers at left. Native motifs appear at right center and bottom center. Anti-counterfeiting warning at lower left corner.  Territory name (Nouvelles Hėbrides) appears twice in script font. This is in contrast to the single appearance in block font on the related P-16 note.
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Protection typeWatermark
Protection descriptionThis note has an inset watermark - République Française.
Obverse letteringInstitut D`Emission D`Outre-Mer Nouvelles Hėbrides Nouvelles Hėbrides CENT FRANCS
(Translation: Overseas Broadcast Institute New Hebrides One Hundred Francs)
Reverse letteringInstitut D`Emission D`Outre-Mer Nouvelles Hėbrides L`ARTICLE 139 DU CODE PÉNAL PUNIT DE LA RÉCLUSION CRIMINELLE À PERPÉTUITÉ CEUX QUI AURONT CONTREFAIT OU FALSIFIÉ LES BILLETS DE BANQUE AUTORISÉS PAR LA LOI.
(Translation: Overseas Broadcast Institute New Hebrides  ARTICLE 139 OF THE PENAL CODE PUNISHES THOSE WHO COUNTERFEIT OR FALSIFY OFFICIAL BANKNOTES WITH LIFE IN PRISON.)
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Catalog ID6591247060
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