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50 Francs - Belain d'Esnambuc
| Issuer | Caisse Centrale de la France d'Outre-Mer |
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| Year | 1946-1949 |
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| Value | 50 Francs |
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| Obverse lettering | GUADELOUPE CAISSE CENTRALE DE LA FRANCE D'OUTRE-MER CINQUANTE FRANCS GUADELOUPE LE DIRECTEUR GÉNÉRAL BELAIN D'ESNAMBUC W. FEL. FEC. | HOURRIEZ SC. |
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| Reverse lettering | GUADELOUPE 50 | 50 CAISSE CENTRALE DE LA FRANCE D'OUTRE-MER GUADELOUPE L'ART 139 DU CODE PÉNAL PUNIT DES TRAVAUX FORCÉS À PERPÉTUITÉ CEUX QUI AURONT CONTREFAIT OU FALSIFIÉ LES BILLETS DE BANQUE AUTORISÉES PAR LA LOI W. FEL. FEC. G. REGNIER SC. |
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Belain d'Esnambuc was the French colonist who established the first permanent French settlement on Martinique in 1635, making him a pointed choice for notes issued across the French Antilles and Guiana during the immediate postwar years. The Caisse Centrale de la France d'Outre-Mer was itself a 1944 creation, set up by de Gaulle's provisional government to reassert monetary control over the overseas territories after the disruptions of occupation and Vichy administration.
Hourriez and Régnier were both staff engravers at the Banque de France, which handled production for the CCFOM throughout this series. The P#34 runs across a wide date range, and distinguishing issue years requires careful attention to the printed date rather than any design variation — the plates did not change.