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1000 Francs
| Issuer | Tromelin Island |
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| Year | 2018 |
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| Currency | CFP franc (1945-date) |
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| Obverse lettering | 1000 frs MILLE FRANCS Rhincodon typus ÎLE TROMELIN 2018 ÎLE TROMELIN |
| Reverse description | An aerial or coastal panoramic vignette of Tromelin Island occupies the central field, accompanied by sharks in the surrounding design. The coat of arms composed of dolphins, sea anchors, and a bird is present, with guilloche border patterns framing the composition. Inscriptions identify the issuing territory and include a disclaimer noting the note's non-legal-tender collector status. |
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| Comments |
Tromelin Island is a French-administered territory in the Indian Ocean with no permanent civilian population — just a rotating French meteorological team of a few personnel at any given time. It has never had a circulating currency of its own. Notes issued under its name are fantasy pieces, produced for the philatelic and notaphilic collectibles market rather than for any monetary authority or administrative function.
The polymer substrate places this squarely in the modern souvenir note tradition, where production values are high and issuing legitimacy is essentially zero.