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1000 Francs
| Issuer | Caisse Centrale de la France d'Outre-Mer |
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| Year | 1947 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse description | Multicolour note with the overprint 'LA RÉUNION' repeated twice in brown, with the denomination '1000' and the wording 'MILLE FRANCS' rendered in dark blue intaglio. Serial number and signature are printed in black. To the right, an allegorical vignette after Robert Poughéon depicts a woman representing metropolitan France gazing upon a West Indian woman set against a palm grove, symbolising the French Union. |
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| Reverse description | Multicolour reverse with a central vignette engraved by Robert Armanelli after William Fel, showing a Caribbean woman in traditional madras headdress before a canoe on water at sunset. At the lower portion, a blue cartouche carries the statutory anti-counterfeiting warning citing Article 139 of the Penal Code. |
| Reverse lettering | LA RÉUNION CAISSE CENTRALE DE LA FRANCE D'OUTRE-MER 1000 LA RÉUNION L'ARTICLE 139 DU CODE PÉNAL PUNIT DES TRAVAUX FORCÉS CEUX QUI AURONT CONTREFAIT OU FALSIFIÉ LES BILLETS DE BANQUE AUTORISÉES PAR LA LOI W. FEL FEC. R. ARMANELLI SC. (Translation: Reunion Central Fund of Overseas France Article 139 of the Penal Code punishes forced Labor those who have counterfeited or falsified banknotes authorized by Law.) |
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