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50 Centimes
| Issuer | Trésorerie de Nouméa |
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| Year | 1943 |
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| Currency | Franc (1873-1945) |
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| Reverse lettering | BON DE CAISSE L'ARTICLE 139 DU CODE PÉNAL PUNIT DES TRAVAUX FORCÉS À PERPÉTUITÉ CEUX QUI AURONT CONTREFAIT OU FALSIFIÉ CES BONS AINSI QUE CEUX QUI AURONT FAIT USAGE DE CES BONS CONTREFAITS OU FALSIFIÉS. TRÉSOR 50 CENTIMES NOUMÉA ARRÊTÉ DU 29 JANVIER 1943 (Translation: Cash Voucher. Article 139 of the Penal Code punishes by forced labor in perpetuity those who have counterfeited or falsified these vouchers as well as those who have made use of these counterfeited or falsified vouchers. Treasury 50 Centimes Nouméa. Decree of January 29, 1943) |
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| Protection description | No watermark |
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The Trésorerie de Nouméa emergency issues of 1943 were produced under Free French administration after New Caledonia sided with de Gaulle in September 1940 — a decisive early break that left the territory politically isolated from Vichy and logistically cut off from normal banking supply chains. Small-denomination notes like this 50 centimes filled the gap left by coin shortages that had grown acute as Allied military activity in the Pacific disrupted regular shipping.
These Nouméa treasury issues were strictly local instruments, never intended for redemption beyond the territory.