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2 Francs
| Issuer | Afrique Occidentale Française |
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| Year | 1944 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse description | A coastal tropical vignette fills the left portion of the note, with a tall palm tree at left and a broad bay scene stretching toward a distant headland, rendered entirely in blue letterpress. The large numeral '2' is integrated into the lower centre of the composition, while the territorial title 'AFRIQUE OCCIDENTALE FRANÇAISE' is set in ornate display lettering across the upper right. A boxed legal warning inscription appears at lower right within the decorative border. |
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| Obverse lettering | AFRIQUE OCCIDENTALE FRANÇAISE L'ARTICLE 139 DU CODE PÉNAL PUNIT DES TRAVAUX FORCÉS CEUX QUI AURONT CONTREFAIT OU FALSIFIÉ LES BILLETS DE BANQUES AUTORISÉES PAR LA LOI 2 FRANCS |
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The Afrique Occidentale Française 2 Francs of 1944 belongs to a series of low-denomination emergency notes issued under the Free French administration after the AOF territories formally aligned with de Gaulle following the fall of Vichy authority in late 1942. The small denominations were a practical response to a chronic shortage of coin and low-value currency across the federation — metals had largely disappeared from circulation.
Pick 35 was printed by the Imprimerie du Gouvernement Général in Dakar, keeping production within the territory rather than routing it through metropolitan France, which remained logistically complicated during the war years.