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25 Francs
| Issuer | Comptoirs Français des Nouvelles-Hébrides |
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| Year | 1921 |
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| Value | 25 Francs |
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| Obverse lettering | COMPTOIRS FRANÇAIS DES NOUVELLES-HÉBRIDES Société Anonyme au Capital de 3.000.000 Francs PORT-VILA, le 22 Août 1921. Nous promettons de payer a vue en espéces et au porteur à Nouméa on à Port-Vila la somme de VINGT-CINQ FRANCS Accept peur VINGT-CINQ FRANCS payable a Nouméa HENRY COND`AMIN, INV. Imp. CHAIX. Paris 3481 - 1908 (Translation: French Counters in the New Hebrides Société Anonyme with Capital of 3,000,000 Francs Port-Vila, August 22, 1921. We promise to pay on sight in cash and at carrier in Nouméa or in Port-Vila the sum of Twenty-five Francs. Accept for Twenty-five Francs payable in Nouméa.) |
| Reverse description | Printed entirely in red on a fine guilloche underprint composed of repeated ornamental motifs filling the entire field, the reverse presents a central medallion enclosing the numeral 25 within a dotted circle, set within an elaborate cartouche of crossed spears, foliage, and tropical fronds. Indigenous pottery vessels are placed at the lower left and right, flanking the central device. |
| Reverse lettering | 25 |
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