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1000 Francs Nouméa
| Issuer | Banque de l'Indochine |
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| Year | 1940-1963 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse description | Multicolour intaglio-printed note with a lively market scene vignette in the background and at left; a native woman is seated at right in the foreground. The issuer's name BANQUE DE L'INDOCHINE and denomination MILLE FRANCS appear alongside the place-name NOUMÉA, with artist credits L. JONAS FEC. and G. BELTRAND SC. in the lower margin. |
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| Reverse description | Multicolour vignette with a native woman at left carrying a woven basket on her head, dressed in a floral wrap and wearing a flower in her hair, facing a bare-chested native man at right who holds a long spear; a tropical coastal landscape with palm trees and a calm bay occupies the centre ground. The denomination 1000 appears at both upper corners beneath the issuer cartouche, with an anti-counterfeiting legal notice in a panel at lower centre and engraver credits L. JONAS FEC. and G. BELTRAND SC. in the lower margin. |
| Reverse lettering | BANQUE DE L'INDOCHINE 1000 L'ART. 139 DU CODE PÉNAL PUNIT DES TRAVAUX FORCÉS CEUX QUI AURONT CONTREFAIT OU FALSIFIÉ LES BILLETS DE BANQUES AUTORISÉES PAR LA LOI L. JONAS FEC. G. BELTRAND SC. (Translation: Bank of Indochina 1000. Article 139 of the Penal Code punishes with hard labour those who have counterfeited or falsified bank notes authorized by law.) |
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