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50 Centimes
| Issuer | Trésorerie de Nouméa |
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| Year | 1942 |
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| Composition | Paper |
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| Obverse description | Dark green wartime emergency issue printed in black letterpress, with two vignettes: a mining facility at right and a harbour scene with a vessel under load at left. Serial numbers and two manuscript signatures appear across the face, with authority and denomination inscriptions arranged in multiple registers. The date and issuing authority — Trésorerie de Nouméa — are clearly set out in the letterpress text. |
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| Obverse lettering | Nouvelle Caledonie 50 Centimes Tresorerie de Noumea 50 Centimes 50 Centimes Le Gouverneur, Le Tresorier-Payeur, Noumea le 15 juillet 1942. (Translation: New Caledonia 50 Centimes Noumea Treasury 50 Centimes 50 Centimes The Governor, The Treasurer-Paymaster, Noumea July 15, 1942.) |
| Reverse description | Dark green letterpress reverse centred on a Cross of Lorraine, the Gaullist symbol adopted during the Free French period, flanked by a stag's head and decorative floral and foliate motifs. The authorising decree reference and the cash voucher designation are set in black letterpress text across the face of the note. |
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