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5 Francs
| Issuer | Trésorerie de Nouméa |
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| Year | 1943 |
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| Value | 5 Francs |
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| Obverse description | Pale green note with brown letterpress text and a central industrial vignette showing harbour cranes and a mining or industrial facility, rendered in a light green underprint. The denomination "5F." appears in brown at upper left and upper right, with the large central inscription "CINQ FRANCS" in bold. Two manuscript facsimile signatures appear in the lower field, attributed to Le Gouverneur at lower left and Le Trésorier-Payeur at lower right, with the serial number and date "le 15 juin 1943" printed below. |
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| Reverse description | Pale green note with brown letterpress text, centred on a large vignette of a stag skull with antlers beneath a Cross of Lorraine, set against a plain background. The design is framed by a decorative border of tropical foliage and stylised flowers. The denomination "5F." and issuer inscription "TRÉSOR / NOUMÉA" appear at the right, with a legal warning text in French at the left and the decree date "ARRÊTÉ DU 11 JUIN 1943" along the lower margin. |
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The Trésorerie de Nouméa emergency issues of 1943 were a direct consequence of New Caledonia's break with Vichy France. After the territory rallied to Free France in September 1940, it was cut off from the normal supply chain of colonial banknotes through the Banque de l'Indochine's metropolitan channels. Local treasury notes were improvised to keep commerce moving, printed under wartime conditions with whatever materials were at hand.
Paper quality on these issues is notoriously inconsistent, and foxing is endemic to surviving examples — a known characteristic of the series, not a sign of unusual wear.