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5 Nouveau Francs / 500 Francs
| Issuer | Institut d'Émission des Départements d'Outre-Mer |
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| Year | 1962 |
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| Currency | Franc (1961-1975) |
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| Reverse description | The reverse carries an agricultural composition engraved in intaglio, with two ox-drawn carts laden with harvested crops occupying the central field, one attended by a figure in a wide-brimmed hat. Sheaves of sugar cane and tropical foliage, including pineapples, frame the scene on either side, while the department names appear vertically along both lateral margins. A statutory counterfeit warning legend is inscribed in a panel at the lower centre. |
| Reverse lettering | 500 500 DÉPARTEMENT DE LA GUADELOUPE DÉPARTEMENT DE LA GUYANE DÉPARTEMENT DE LA MARTINIQUE INSTITUT D'ÉMISSION DES DÉPARTEMENTS D'OUTRE-MER L'ARTICLE 139 DU CODE PÉNAL PUNIT DES TRAVAUX FORCÉS CEUX QUI AURONT CONTREFAIT OU FALSIFIÉ LES BILLETS DE BANQUES AUTORISÉS PAR LA LOI. C. SERVEAU FEC. HOURRIEZ SC. |
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The Institut d'Émission des Départements d'Outre-Mer was established in 1959 specifically to manage currency for France's overseas departments — Martinique, Guadeloupe, Réunion, and French Guiana — following their constitutional integration as full French departments in 1946. This note bridges two monetary moments: it carries dual denominations because it was issued during France's redenomination, when 100 old francs became 1 nouveau franc under de Gaulle's 1960 reform, and the DOM territories required a transitional instrument that acknowledged both systems.
Clément Serveau designed extensively for the Banque de France across several decades. Beltrand and Hourriez were both accomplished intaglio engravers working within the Banque de France's own atelier — the entire production remained in-house.