Catalog
5 Francs - Bougainville
| Issuer | Caisse Centrale de la France d'Outre-Mer |
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| Year | 1947 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Protection type | Watermark |
| Protection description | Anchors and small boats |
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The Caisse Centrale de la France d'Outre-Mer issued this note for circulation across a remarkably broad range of French overseas territories — the same P#20B type circulated in places as geographically removed from each other as French Guiana, Réunion, and Martinique. That breadth was the point: the CCFOM was created in 1944 specifically to unify and manage currency across France's colonial empire during postwar reconstruction, replacing the patchwork of pre-war issuing authorities.
Beltrand was a distinguished engraver whose work appeared across multiple Banque de France productions; Chapon's reverse engraving is the lesser-discussed contribution to this note but technically accomplished.