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20 Francs Établissement de Nouméa
| Issuer | Établissement de Nouméa |
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| Year | 1875 |
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| Value | 20 Francs |
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| Obverse lettering | ÉTABLISSEMENT DE NOUMÉA A Emission de Billets de Banque. Autorisée par décret en date, du 14 Juillet 1874. Il sera payé à vue et au porteur VINGT FRANCS★ NOUMEA, le 10 AVRIL, 1875 20 20 |
| Reverse description | The reverse repeats the design of the obverse, printed in the same black on pale paper with identical layout, promissory text, and denomination elements, consistent with the single-sided printing practice noted in catalog references for this issue. |
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The Établissement de Nouméa was not a conventional colonial bank but a commercial house operating in New Caledonia during a period when the territory lacked any formal banking infrastructure. These private emission notes filled a genuine transactional void in a penal colony economy where coin was chronically scarce and metropolitan credit instruments were useless.
P#7 is among the rarest survivals from French Oceanic private note issues of the 1870s. Very few examples are documented in institutional collections.