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25 Centimes Banque André Krajewski
| Issuer | Banque André Krajewski |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse description | Printed in brown on plain paper, the obverse carries the bank's full title and place of issue in bold letterpress across the upper and lower registers. A seated female allegorical vignette holding a branch appears to the left, with a framed denomination panel at lower left. The text announces the note as a bon pour (token good for) twenty-five centimes, with the printer's imprint of A. Carlisle & Co., S.F. at the base. |
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| Obverse lettering | BANQUE ANDRÉ KRAJEWSKI PAPEETE (TAHITI) BON POUR VINGT-CINQ CENTIMES 25 cts VINGT-CINQ CENTIMES A. CARLISLE & CO. S.F. (Translation: André Krajewski Bank Papeete (Tahiti) good for Twenty-Five Cents A. Carlisle & Co. S.F.) |
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André Krajewski was a French merchant and financier operating in New Caledonia who issued a series of small-denomination emergency notes — bons de caisse — to address the chronic shortage of fractional currency that plagued the territory in the years immediately following World War One. Private issuing by commercial houses was not unusual in New Caledonia at the time; official small change simply could not keep pace with local demand.
The choice of A. Carlisle & Co. in San Francisco reflects the Pacific commercial axis that connected New Caledonia more practically to California than to metropolitan France for many printing and supply needs.