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100 Francs without decrees
| Issuer | Banque de l'Indo-Chine |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| Currency | Franc (1919-1944) |
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| Obverse description | Brown intaglio-printed note with elephant columns at left and right margins framing the central vignette, which presents two reclining allegorical female figures flanked by an ox at left and a tiger at right. The composition bears two manuscript signatures below the central text block, distinguishing it from the earlier single-signature type (P#3). Engraver and designer credits appear in the lower margin. |
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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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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.