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25 Francs
| Issuer | Comptoirs Français des Nouvelles-Hébrides |
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| Year | 1921 |
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| Designer(s) | Joseph Henri Condamin |
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| Obverse description | Printed in red and blue, the obverse centres on a vignette of a bridge flanked by tall palm trees, with a thatched indigenous dwelling at lower left. The issuer's full title and capital declaration appear across the upper portion, with the promise-to-pay text and denomination in French letterpress script across the centre. The printer's imprint and designer's credit are rendered in the lower margin. |
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| Reverse lettering | 25 |
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The Comptoirs Français des Nouvelles-Hébrides was a commercial bank, not a colonial government authority — its right to issue currency in the New Hebrides derived from a concession rather than any formal monetary charter. This 1921 note is the earliest Pick-listed issue for the territory, predating the establishment of the Nouvelles-Hébrides franc as a properly regulated currency by several years.
Imprimerie Chaix was primarily a commercial and advertising printer, best known for railway posters. Their banknote output was limited, which partly explains why the production quality of this series sits outside the usual French colonial printing tradition dominated by the Banque de France's own presses.