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1000 Francs France Libre
| Issuer | Caisse Centrale de la France Libre |
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| Year | 1941 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse lettering | CAISSE CENTRALE DE LA FRANCE LIBRE MARTINIQUE 1000 MILLE FRANCS EDMUND DULAC DEL (Translation: Central Fund of Free France Martinique Thousand Francs) |
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| Reverse lettering | CAISSE CENTRALE DE LA FRANCE LIBRE L'article 139 du Code Pénal punit des travaux forcés ceux qui auront contrefait ou falsifié les billets de Banques autorisées par la Loi ainsi que ceux qui auront fait usage de ces billets contrefaits ou falsifiés. 1000 Ord. du 2 Déc. 1941 (Translation: Central Fund of Free France Article 139 of the Penal Code punishes with forced labor those who have counterfeited or falsified bank notes authorized by law as well as those who have used these counterfeit or falsified banknotes. Ordinance of 2 December 1941.) |
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The Caisse Centrale de la France Libre was established by de Gaulle's Free French administration in 1941 specifically to fund operations and assert financial independence from Vichy. Notes of this series circulated primarily in Free French territories — the Levant, Equatorial Africa, and parts of the Pacific — rather than metropolitan France, which remained under Vichy's Banque de France.
Edmund Dulac, the Franco-British illustrator best known for his Orientalist book illustrations, designed this series while living in London. Bradbury Wilkinson's engravers translated his work into intaglio with considerable fidelity. The 1000 Francs is the highest denomination of the original 1941 issue, and genuinely scarce — production runs were limited by both wartime logistics and the narrow geographic scope of intended circulation.