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1000 Francs
| Issuer | Caisse Centrale de la France d'Outre-Mer |
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| Year | 1947-1949 |
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| Size | 185 × 100 mm |
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| Obverse description | Multicolour intaglio vignette with two women at right against a background of palm trees at left, the whole overprinted with the territorial designation MARTINIQUE in the margins. This note is a MARTINIQUE overprint applied to the P#26 issue originally prepared for French Equatorial Africa, with the issuer's title CAISSE CENTRALE DE LA FRANCE D'OUTRE-MER and the denomination MILLE FRANCS inscribed across the face. Artist and engraver credits R. POUGHEON FEC. and HOURRIEZ SC. appear in the lower margin. |
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| Reverse lettering | MARTINIQUE CAISSE CENTRALE DE LA FRANCE D'OUTRE-MER 1000 L'ARTICLE 139 DU CODE PÉNAL PUNIT DES TRAVAUX FORCES CEUX QUI AURONT CONTREFAIT OU FALSIFIÉ LES BILLETS DE BANQUES AUTORISÉES PAR LA LOI W. FEL. FEC. R. ARMANELLI SC. (Translation: Martinique Central Fund of Overseas France Article 139 of the Penal Code punishes with forced labor those who have counterfeited or falsified bank notes authorized by law.) |
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The Caisse Centrale de la France d'Outre-Mer was established in 1944 specifically to manage currency for French overseas territories liberated from Vichy-aligned monetary arrangements. This 1000-franc note circulated across a remarkably disparate set of territories — the same physical note served French Equatorial Africa, the French West Indies, Réunion, and other possessions, distinguished only by overprints or local validation stamps applied at destination. Robert Poughéon was a Prix de Rome laureate whose work appeared across French colonial issues of the period; Hourriez's engraving on this denomination is among the finer executions in the series.
The 1947–1949 date range reflects a transitional moment before individual territories gained their own distinct issuing authorities.