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2 Francs
| Issuer | Chambre de Commerce des Établissements Français de l'Océanie |
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| Year | 1919 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse lettering | CHAMBRE DE COMMERCE DES ÉTABLISSEMENTS FRANÇAIS DE L'OCÉANIE Arrêté du 29 Décembre 1919. Deux francs. Remboursable à vue en Billets de la Banque de l'Indo-Chine SÉRIE A. (Translation: Chamber of Commerce of the French Establishments in Oceania Order of 29 December 1919 Two francs Reimbursable at sight in Bank of Indochina banknotes Series A.) |
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| Reverse lettering | ÉTABLISSEMENTS FRANÇAIS DE L'OCÉANIE CHAMBRE DE COMMERCE (Translation: French Establishments in Oceania Chamber of Commerce) |
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French Oceania's chambres de commerce emergency issues of 1919 fill a specific gap: the First World War had disrupted metropolitan coin shipments so severely that local commercial chambers across France's Pacific territories were authorized to produce their own low-denomination cardboard substitutes. The Établissements Français de l'Océanie — centered on Papeete, Tahiti — issued several denominations in this series, and the cardboard composition was a deliberate choice of available material rather than improvisation, with the notes printed locally rather than supplied from France.
Cardboard deteriorates quickly in a tropical environment. Surviving examples in any reasonable condition are genuinely uncommon, and corner splits and moisture damage are endemic to the type.