| Issuer | Réunion (1848-date) |
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| Year | 1967-1971 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
| Value | 20 New Francs |
| Currency | New Franc (1967-2001) |
| Composition | Paper |
| Size | 185 × 99 mm |
| Shape | Rectangular |
| Printer | Banque de France, France |
| Designer(s) | Obverse: Robert Poughéon Reverse: William Fel |
| Engraver(s) | Obverse: Georges Hourriez Reverse: Robert Armanelli |
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| Reference(s) | P#55 |
| Obverse description | Multicolor. The overprint `DÉPARTEMENT DE LA RÉUNION` repeated twice is printed in brown. The wording and the value `1000` in numbers and letters are printed in dark blue. Numbering and signature are printed in black. On the right, the symbol of the French Union with a woman from metropolitan France looking at a West Indian woman in front of a palm grove. The overprint `COUNTER-VALUE OF 100 NEW FRANCS` is printed in red at the location of the watermark. |
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| Obverse lettering | DÉPARTEMENT DE LA RÉUNION 1000 | INSTITUT D’ÉMISSION DES DÉPARTEMENTS D`OUTRE-MER | 1000 RÉPUBLIQUE FRANÇAISE DÉPARTEMENT DE LA RÉUNION MILLE FRANCS CONTRE VALEUR DE 20 NOUVEAUX FRANCS LE DIRECTEUR GÉNÉRAL, LE PRÉSIDENT DU CONSEIL DE SURVEILLANCE, DÉPARTEMENT DE LA RÉUNION R. POUGHEON FEC. HOURRIEZ SC. (Translation: Department of Reunion Issuing Institute Overseas Department French Republic Thousand Francs Coutervalue of 20 New Francs Department of Reunion) |
| Reverse description | Multicolor. Caribbean woman wearing a madras in front of a canoe sailing at sunset. At the bottom of the back, article 139 of the Penal Code is printed in a blue cartouche. |
| Reverse lettering | DÉPARTEMENT DE LA RÉUNION 1000 | INSTITUT D’ÉMISSION DES DÉPARTEMENTS D`OUTRE-MER | 1000 RÉPUBLIQUE FRANÇAISE DÉPARTEMENT DE LA RÉUNION W. FEL FEC. R. ARMANELLI SC. (Translation: Department of Reunion French Republic Issuing Institute Overseas Department Article 139 of the Penal Code punishes forced Labor those who have counterfeited or falsified banknotes authorized by Law.) |
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| Numisquare ID | 6481450250 |
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