1000 Francs France Libre

€1.00
IssuerFrench Guiana
Year1941
TypeStandard circulation banknote
Value1000 Francs
CurrencyFranc (1917-1960)
CompositionPaper
Size185 × 112 mm
ShapeRectangular
PrinterBradbury Wilkinson and Company, United Kingdom (1856-1990)
No. printed
Designer(s)Edmund Dulac
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In circulation to
Reference(s) P#16A
Obverse descriptionBlue on red underprint. Phoenix rising from flames at center. Hand-stamped `GUYANE FRANÇAISE` twice on P#14 from French Equatorial Africa. Hand-stamped `ANNULÉ` in diagonal at center.
Reverse descriptionBlue on orange. War and peace scenes.
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Obverse letteringCAISSE CENTRALE DE LA FRANCE LIBRE GUYANE FRANÇAISE 1000 MILLE FRANCS EDMUND DULAC DEL
(Translation: Central Fund of Free France French Guiana Thousand Francs)
Reverse letteringCASSE 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 falsifies. 1000 Ord. du 2 Dec. 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. 1000 Order of December 2, 1941.)
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Catalog ID6846890100
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