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5 Francs - Bougainville

Issuer Caisse Centrale de la France d'Outre-Mer
Year 1947-1949
Type Standard circulation banknote
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Obverse lettering GUADELOUPE CAISSE CENTRALE DE LA FRANCE D`OUTRE-MER CINQ FRANCS LE DIRECTEUR GÉNÉRAL BOUGAINVILLE G.A. KLEIN FEC. G. BELTRAND SC.
(Translation: Guadeloupe Central Fund of Overseas France Five Francs Bougainville)
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Reverse lettering GUADELOUPE CAISSE CENTRALE DE LA FRANCE D`OUTRE-MER L`ARTICLE 139 DU CODE PENAL PUNIT DES TRAVAUX FORCES CEUX QUI AURONT CONTREFAIT OU FALSIFIE LES BILLETS DE BANQUE AUTORISEES PAR LA LOI G.A. KLEIN FEC. | A.CHAPON SC.
(Translation: Guadeloupe Central Fund of Overseas France Article 139 of the Penal Code punishes with forced labor those who have counterfeited or falsified bank notes authorized by law.)
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The Caisse Centrale de la France d'Outre-Mer was established in 1944 specifically to manage currency across French overseas territories during and after the postwar reconstruction period, replacing the various colonial banking arrangements disrupted by the occupation. This 5 Francs Bougainville note circulated across multiple territories simultaneously — the same Pick 31 type served French Guiana, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Réunion, and Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon, among others — a deliberate centralizing measure that collapsed distinct colonial monetary identities into a single instrument.

Beltrand and Chapon were both senior Banque de France engravers with long intaglio pedigrees. Klein designed across several CCFOM issues in this period.

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