1000 Francs 'Département de la Réunion'

Issuer Réunion (1848-date)
Year 1964
Type Standard circulation banknote
Value 1000 Francs
Currency Franc (1816-1965)
Composition Paper
Size 185 × 99 mm
Shape Rectangular
Printer Banque de France, France
Designer(s) Obverse: Robert Poughéon
Reverse: William Fel
Engraver(s) Obverse: Georges Hourriez
Reverse: Robert Armanelli
In circulation to
Reference(s) P#52
Obverse description Multicolor. The overprint `DÉPARTEMENT DE LA RÉUNION` repeated twice is printed in brown. The wording and the value `1000` in numbers and letters are printed in dark blue. Numbering and signature are printed in black. On the right, the symbol of the French Union with a woman from metropolitan France looking at a West Indian woman in front of a palm grove.
Obverse lettering DÉPARTEMENT DE LA RÉUNION RÉPUBLIQUE FRANÇAISE 1000 INSTITUT D’ÉMISSION DES DÉPARTEMENTS D`OUTRE-MER MILLE FRANCS DÉPARTEMENT DE LA RÉUNION R. POUGHEON FEC. HOURRIEZ SC.
(Translation: Department of Reunion French Republic Issuing Institute Overseas Department Thousand Francs Department of Reunion)
Reverse description Multicolor. Caribbean woman wearing a madras in front of a canoe sailing at sunset. At the bottom of the back, article 139 of the Penal Code is printed in a blue cartouche.
Reverse lettering DÉPARTEMENT DE LA RÉUNION RÉPUBLIQUE FRANÇAISE 1000 INSTITUT D’ÉMISSION DES DÉPARTEMENTS D`OUTRE-MER DÉPARTEMENT DE 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: Department of Reunion French Republic Issuing Institute Overseas Department Article 139 of the Penal Code punishes forced Labor those who have counterfeited or falsified banknotes authorized by Law.)
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Variants January 2, 1911
Numisquare ID 7658856160
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