100 Francs With 'RÉPUBLIQUE FRANÇAISE' overprint

The Institut d'Émission d'Outre-Mer was established in 1966 to handle currency for France's remaining overseas territories after the dissolution of earlier colonial monetary arrangements. This note belongs to the series circulated across multiple territories simultaneously — the same printed note served different jurisdictions, distinguished primarily by overprint and sometimes by serial prefix, which creates genuine complexity for collectors trying to attribute examples to specific issuing locations.

The "RÉPUBLIQUE FRANÇAISE" overprint was applied to distinguish notes issued under direct French territorial authority rather than through associated states with their own monetary identity. Banque de France production throughout the series maintained consistent intaglio quality, though later dates in the 1971–1977 window show minor variations in overprint ink density.