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| Emittente | Banque de la Réunion |
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| Anno | 1874 |
| Tipo | Standard circulation banknote |
| Valore | Accedi per vedere i dettagli |
| Valuta | Accedi per vedere i dettagli |
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| Dimensioni | Accedi per vedere i dettagli |
| Forma | Accedi per vedere i dettagli |
| Stampatore | Accedi per vedere i dettagli |
| Disegnatore/i | Accedi per vedere i dettagli |
| Incisore/i | Accedi per vedere i dettagli |
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| Descrizione del dritto | The obverse is arranged within an oval guilloche border, with large numeral '5' corner pieces at each angle. The central field carries the bank title 'BANQUE DE LA RÉUNION' in bold letterpress above the denomination legend 'CINQ FRANCS', with the payment clause 'IL SERA PAYÉ EN ESPÈCES, À VUE, AU PORTEUR' in smaller text between them. Allegorical female vignettes appear at left and right within the oval frame, flanking the central inscriptions, while handwritten manuscript signatures of the bank's directors appear across the lower centre, accompanied by serial number and series letter in manuscript. |
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| Legenda del dritto | Accedi per vedere i dettagli |
| Descrizione del rovescio | The reverse is dominated by a large central oval guilloche composed of intricate lathe-work scrollwork, with a facing female portrait bust set at centre within a circular medallion. Large numeral '5' counter devices occupy each corner of the note, rendered in fine engine-turned lines. A cartouche at the lower centre contains a multi-line inscription relating to the bank's organic legislation, framed by foliate and acanthus ornamental borders. The imprint line at the bottom references the engraver and date of issue. |
| Legenda del rovescio | Accedi per vedere i dettagli |
| Firma/e | Accedi per vedere i dettagli |
| Tipo di protezione | Accedi per vedere i dettagli |
| Descrizione della protezione | Accedi per vedere i dettagli |
| Varianti | Accedi per vedere i dettagli |
| Commenti |
The Banque de la Réunion was established in 1849 as one of the colonial banks created under the same legislation that founded similar institutions in Martinique, Guadeloupe, and French Guiana. These banks operated under tight metropolitan oversight and issued notes redeemable in francs at par with the metropole — a requirement that complicated reserve management given the distance from Paris and the island's reliance on sugar revenues subject to volatile price swings.
By the 1870s, Pick 13 represented an early issue for this bank, and surviving examples are genuinely uncommon. The cotton substrate was standard colonial practice but offered poor resistance to the island's humid climate, accounting for the attrition rate among early Réunion notes generally.