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100 Francs without decrees
| Issuer | Banque de l'Indo-Chine |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse lettering | LA LOI PUNIT LE CONTREFACTEUR BANQUE DE L'INDO-CHINE PAPEETE (TAHITI), le 2 Janvier 1920. CENT FRANCS payables en monnaie locale au porteur A.BRAMTOT ET G.DUVAL FEC. CH-WULLSCHLEGER.SC. (Translation: The law punishes the counterfeiter Bank of Indochina Papeete (Tahiti), January 2, 1920. One Hundred Francs payable in local currency to bearer) |
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| Reverse lettering | L'ART. 139 DU CODE PÉNAL PUNIT DES TRAVAUX FORCÉS A PERPÉTUITÉ CEUX QUI AURONT CONTREFAIT OU FAL- SIFIÉ LES BILLETS DE BANQUES AUTORISÉES PAR LA LOI, AINSI QUE CEUX QUI AURONT FAIT USAGE DE CES BILLETS CONTREFAITS OU FAL- SIFIÉS, CEUX QUI LES AURONT INTRO- DUITS SUR LE TERRITOIRE FRAN- ÇAISE SERONT PUNIS DE LA MÊME PEINE. BANQUE DE L'INDO-CHINE (Translation: Article 139 of the Penal Code punishes with forced labor for life those who have counterfeited or falsified bank notes authorized by law, as well as those who have made use of these counterfeited or falsified notes; those who have introduced them onto French territory shall be punished with the same penalty. Bank of Indochina) |
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Banque de l'Indo-Chine's 100 Francs series ran through multiple decree-dated variants, but this particular issue was released without decree dates printed on the face — a deliberate administrative choice reflecting the transitional currency arrangements of the early postwar period, when the bank held concurrent privileges across French Indochina and several Pacific territories. The absence of decree text is the diagnostic detail for collectors separating this from otherwise near-identical issues.
Wullschleger's intaglio work was executed at Banque de France's workshops in Paris, the same facility producing metropolitan French issues of the period. Bramtot died in 1913, so his design contribution predates the actual printing by several years — his figures were adapted posthumously for this production run.