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100 Livres Tournois

Issuer Intendance Générale des Colonies
Year 1788
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Currency Livre Tournois (1721-1810)
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Obverse description Plain typeset note printed in black on cream handmade paper, enclosed within a decorative chain-link border. The heading ISLES DE FRANCE ET DE BOURBON appears in spaced small capitals at top, followed by the text body in mixed Roman and italic letterpress setting authorizing the note under the Royal Edict of 10 June 1788. The denomination CENT LIVRES is set in bold reverse type within a solid black panel at centre, with the printed signatures of De Vaivre, Intendant général des Colonies, and Le Brasseur, Intendant général des fonds de la Marine et des Colonies, appearing in the lower left and right corners respectively.
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Reverse description Plain unprinted reverse of cream-toned handmade paper, showing horizontal fold lines and a faint partial impression of the obverse text visible as a ghost image through the sheet.
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Signature(s) De Vaivre and Le Brasseur
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