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3 Livres Tournois
| Issuer | Isles de France et de Bourbon |
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| Year | 1780 |
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| Composition | Paper |
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| Obverse description | Letterpress-printed note on aged paper, enclosed within a simple ornamental typographic border of repeated floral and star devices. The text is set in black ink with the serial number and handwritten date at the upper left, followed by the issuing authority and denomination in graduated typefaces. A crowned royal cipher appears at the lower left, flanked by multiple manuscript signatures and a large cancellation cross drawn in ink across the entire face. |
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| Obverse lettering | Isles de France & de Bourbon BON pour TROIS LIVRES Tournois valeur recu en Ordonnance. (Translation: Islands of France and Bourbon. Good for three Livres tournois, value received on order.) |
| Reverse description | Plain paper reverse with handwritten notations in ink, including a number and a date reading '11 May 1785' at the upper portion, accompanied by a cursive manuscript inscription reading 'J.B. Melon' or similar. The lower portion retains faint impressions and staining from folding and circulation, with no printed design elements. |
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