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2 Francs
| Issuer | Trésor Colonial |
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| Year | 1884 |
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| Reference(s) | P#3 |
| Obverse description | Black letterpress on yellow paper, the face entirely text-based within an ornate typographic border with acanthus-scroll corner pieces and repeating floral motifs. The denomination numeral '2' appears in each corner, and the central text block carries the issuing authority, authorizing decree, place and date of issue, and a guarantee clause, flanked below by two manuscript signatures over their respective official titles. |
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| Reverse description | Uniface note; the reverse is unprinted, showing only the plain yellow paper stock with no text, vignette, or ornamental elements. |
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The Trésor Colonial was France's instrument for circulating currency across its overseas territories without extending the credit infrastructure of the Banque de France into colonial space. These 1884 notes were issued for use in multiple French possessions simultaneously — the same series circulated in territories including French Guiana, Guadeloupe, and Martinique, distinguished only by a handstamped or printed territorial designation. A single parent design serving multiple jurisdictions was administratively convenient but created persistent confusion in later accounting and recall operations.
Paper survivability in tropical climates was poor, and attrition was severe. P#3 is among the harder low-denomination entries in the series to locate with legible overprint text intact.