1000 Francs with 'RÉPUBLIQUE FRANÇAISE' overprint

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.