Portrait of Bertrand François Mahé de La Bourdonnais (1699-1753) was a French naval officer and colonial administrator, in the service of the French East India Company, and Two native women
Reverse description
Native woman
Signature(s)
Protection type
Watermark
Protection description
Head of a woman seen from three quarters.
Obverse lettering
CAISSE CENTRALE 100
DE LA
FRANCE D`OUTRE-MER
SAINT-PIERRE ET MIQUELON
CENT
FRANCS
CONTRE-VALEUR DE
2
NOUVEAUX FRANCS
SAINT-PIERRE ET MIQUELON
W. FEL. FEC. R. ARMANELLI SC. (Translation: Central Cash Register of Overseas France, One Hundred Francs, Counter-value of 2 New Francs, Saint Pierre and Miquelon)
Reverse lettering
CENT CAISSE CENTRALE DE LA FRANCE
D`OUTRE-MER 100
FRANCS
SAINT-PIERRE-ET-MIQUELON
L`ARTICLE 139 DU CODE
PÉNAL PUNIT DES TRAVAUX
FORCÉS CEUX QUI AURONT
CONTREFAIT OU FALSIFIÉ
LES BILLETS DE BANQUE
AUTORISÉES PAR
LA LOI
SAINT-PIERRE-ET-MIQUELON
W. FEL. FEC. G. REGNIER SC. (Translation: One Hundred Francs, Central Cash Register of Overseas France, Saint Pierre and Miquelon, Article 139 of the penal code punishes those who have forged or falsified the banknotes to forced labor authorised by law)