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50 Francs
| Issuer | Trésor Public - Côte Française des Somalis |
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| Year | 1952 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Reverse lettering | TRÉSOR PUBLIC ሃምሳ ፍራንክ ፶ CINQUANTE FRANCS SERONT PUNIS DE TRAVAUX FORCÉS A PÉRPÉTUITE LES CONTREFACTEURS ET CEUX QUI AURONT FAIT USAGE DE BILLETES CONTREFAITS 50 ل الشاقة المؤبدة اصـطـنـع أوراقـا مـرورة أو تعامـل بـتـلـك الأوراق المزورة عوقب مر CÔTE FRANÇAISE DES SOMALIS W. FEL FEC. G. POILLIOT SC. (Translation: Public treasury. Fifty francs. 50. The counterfeiters and those who will have used counterfeit notes will be punished with forced labor for life. French Somaliland.) |
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| Protection type | Watermark |
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The Trésor Public issues for Côte Française des Somalis were a short-lived administrative arrangement — the territory switched to Banque de France-affiliated notes before eventually coming under the Banque de l'Indochine's oversight for the region. This 1952 series occupied an awkward transitional moment in French colonial monetary administration, printed by the Banque de France's own workshops in Paris using the same technical standards applied to metropolitan notes.
Dubreuil and Poilliot were both accomplished intaglio engravers whose names appear across multiple French overseas territory issues of the period. William Fel as designer is less frequently credited in surviving documentation, making P#25 a minor point of interest for researchers tracking French colonial printing attribution.