1000 Francs

€388,942.00
IssuerFrench Settlements of Oceania (1903-1957)
Year1954
TypeStandard banknote
Value1000 Francs (1000 XPF)
CurrencyCFP Franc (1945-date)
CompositionPaper
Size178 × 77 mm
ShapeRectangular
PrinterAmerican Banknote Corporation (American Bank Note Company), Ottawa, New York, United States (1795-date)
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Reference(s) P#22
Obverse descriptionBlue, similar to P#18. Statues from Angkor temple in Cambodia at left. Overprint on P#78 (100 Piastres) from French Indochina.
Reverse descriptionBlue. Men carrying baskets at center.
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Obverse letteringBANQUE DE L`INDOCHINE PAPEETE Emission 1954 L`article 139 du Code Pénal punit des travaux forcés ceux qui auront contrefait ou falsifié les billets de banques autorisées par la loi. MILLE FRANCS TAHITI 1000
(Translation: Bank of Indochina Papeete 1954 Issue Article 139 of the Penal Code punished by forced labor perpetuity of those who have counterfeit or falsified these vouchers as well as those who have made use of these vouchers counterfeit or falsified. Thousand Francs Tahiti)
Reverse letteringPAPEETE FRANCS MILLE TAHITI
(Translation: Papeete Thousand Francs Tahiti)
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Catalog ID3404190190
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