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50 Centimes
| Issuer | Trésor Colonial de la Guadeloupe |
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| Year | 1884 |
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| Value | 50 Centimes (0.50) |
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| Obverse description | Typeset letterpress note printed in brown on cream paper stock, framed by a simple rectangular guilloche border. The issuing authority title and colonial treasury designation appear at the top, with the denomination CINQUANTE CENTIMES in large capitals at centre, below which a handwritten serial number is inscribed. Three signature lines at the foot correspond to the Secrétaire Général, the Directeur de l'Intérieur, and the Trésorier-Payeur, with the guarantee clause in small type along the bottom margin. |
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| Obverse lettering | GUADELOUPE ET DEPENDANCES TRÉSOR COLONIAL (Décret du 18 Août 1884) CINQUANTE CENTIMES Le Secrétaire Général Le Directeur de l'Intérieur Le Trésorier-Payeur LA CONTRE VALEUR EN ESPÈCES EST DÉPOSÉE AU TRÉSOR |
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The Trésor Colonial de la Guadeloupe's 50 Centimes note of 1884 was issued under the French colonial treasury system that handled small-denomination fiduciary needs in overseas territories — the Banque de la Guadeloupe, chartered in 1853, covered larger denominations, leaving the colonial treasury to fill the gap at the fractional level. Notes of this type circulated among a population where coin shortages were chronic, a persistent condition in French Caribbean territories throughout the nineteenth century.
As P#1, this is the first catalogued issue for Guadeloupe. Survival rates for small-denomination colonial treasury paper of this period are extremely low.