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5 Livres
| Issuer | Intendance Générale des Colonies |
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| Year | 1796 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse lettering | ISLES DE FRANCE ET DE BOURBON 1796. BON pour CINQ LIVRES payables au Porteur aux termes du Règlement sur le papier monnoie du 28 Juillet 1790, valeur reçue en Ordonnances. BON POUR CINQ LIVRES |
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| Protection description | Manuscript serial number and handwritten signatures of three colonial officials; faint official seal stamp visible on reverse. |
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The Intendance Générale des Colonies operated as the French colonial financial administration during a period when Revolutionary France was struggling to maintain economic control over its overseas territories. Paper emissions from this authority are poorly documented in standard references — the P#NL designation confirms it has not been formally catalogued by Pick, which itself tells you something about survival rates and the scarcity of archival material for this issuer.
French colonial paper of the 1790s frequently circulated alongside assignats and local commodity-backed scrip, creating layered monetary confusion in the islands. The single security feature — an official stamp — was the era's primary hedge against forgery, though its effectiveness varied considerably depending on who was doing the stamping.