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1000 Francs with 'RÉPUBLIQUE FRANÇAISE' overprint
| Issuer | Institut d'Émission d'Outre-Mer |
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| Year | 1971-1985 |
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| Currency | CFP Franc (1945-date) |
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| Obverse description | Red decorative border interspersed with white floral motifs frames a multicoloured central vignette. To the right, a young woman with flowers in her hair is shown in portrait; to the left, a traditional hut set among palm trees forms the background vignette. The denomination appears in full text at the bottom centre and in numerals at the upper corners, with the RÉPUBLIQUE FRANÇAISE overprint applied in the lower left area. |
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| Reverse description | A red border with traditional Oceanic pattern motifs encloses a multicoloured central vignette. To the left, the Church of Vao is shown alongside a kagu bird, while to the right a traditional thatched hut and two deer are depicted. A rectangular panel at the bottom carries the statutory anti-counterfeiting warning text, with the denomination in words at the upper corners. |
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The Institut d'Émission d'Outre-Mer was established in 1966 to handle currency for French overseas territories after the dissolution of earlier colonial monetary arrangements. The 'RÉPUBLIQUE FRANÇAISE' overprint on this series was a deliberate administrative assertion — these notes circulated across several Pacific territories simultaneously, with the overprint distinguishing them from earlier issues tied to specific colonial frameworks.
Banque de France produced the note in Paris, as it did for virtually all IEOM issues of this period. The watermark remains the primary security feature, modest by later standards but consistent with what France applied to its own domestic issues at the time.