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50 Centimes
| Issuer | Trésorerie de Nouméa |
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| Year | 1918-1919 |
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| Currency | Franc (1873-1945) |
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| Obverse description | Printed in blue on white paper, the obverse is framed by a decorative guilloche border with circular and rectangular ornamental elements. A vignette at left depicts a Kanak native standing in a dugout canoe beside tall palm trees on a coastal scene. The large denomination numeral and text are set centrally, with two manuscript signatures appearing below the decree date, and a serial number at lower left. |
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| Reverse description | Printed in blue, the reverse bears the heading REPUBLIQUE FRANÇAISE and BON DE CAISSE within a decorative frame flanked on each side by a carved Kanak totem post vignette. The central text block presents the penal code warning in three lines, followed by a note on withdrawal from circulation. At the lower centre, the denomination 0.50 is set within a radiating sunburst motif above an oval cartouche inscribed TRÉSOR. |
| Reverse lettering | REPUBLIQUE FRANÇAISE BON DE CAISSE L'ARTICLE 139 DU CODE PÉNAL PUNIT DES TRAVAUX FORCÉS A PERPÉTUITÉ CEUX QUI AURONT CONTREFAIT OU FALSIFIÉ CES BONS AINSI QUE CEUX QUI EN AURONT FAIT USAGE. Les Bons seront retirés de la circulation dans un délai de un an à courir de la cessation des hostilités. 0.50 TRÉSOR (Translation: French Republic Cash Voucher Article 139 of the Penal Code punishes with forced labor in perpetuity those who have counterfeited or falsified these vouchers as well as those who have made use of them. The Vouchers will be withdrawn from circulation within a period of one year from the cessation of hostilities. 0.50 Treasury) |
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