Catalog
20 Francs
| Issuer | Banque de l'Indochine |
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| Year | 1945 |
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| Currency | Franc (1921-1982) |
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| Obverse description | Green on pale underprint. At left, a female figure with wreath; at center, a sailing boat vignette; at right, a native fisherman. A red oval overprint inscribed NOUVELLES HÉBRIDES FRANCE LIBRE, incorporating a palm tree motif and the Cross of Lorraine, was applied to the base New Caledonia note (P-49). |
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| Obverse lettering | BANQUE DE L'INDOCHINE VINGT FRANCS NOUMÉA 20 (Translation: Bank of Indochina Twenty Francs Noumea) |
| Reverse description | Printed in green and yellow, the reverse is dominated by a large central vignette of a stylized native mask rendered in fine intaglio line work, flanked on either side by tall guilloche-bordered columns. The denomination VINGT 20 FRANCS appears to the left, with the anti-counterfeiting legal warning text in a panel to the right, and BANQUE DE L'INDOCHINE and NOUMÉA inscribed in the upper and lower border panels respectively. |
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