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50 Francs - Belain d'Esnambuc
| Issuer | Caisse Centrale de la France d'Outre-Mer |
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| Year | 1950-1960 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse lettering | CAISSE CENTRALE DE LA FRANCE D'OUTRE-MER CINQUANTE FRANCS SAINT-PIERRE ET MIQUELON W. FEL. FEC. | HOURRIEZ SC. (Translation: Central Cash Office of Overseas France Fifty Francs Saint-Pierre and Miquelon) |
| Reverse description | A nude female figure adorned with jewellery and tribal decorations is shown before a village hut, rendered in intaglio. To the right, the anti-counterfeiting warning under Article 139 of the Penal Code is set within a pale cartouche. The SAINT-PIERRE-ET-MIQUELON overprint in black is repeated twice across the design. |
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The Caisse Centrale de la France d'Outre-Mer issued this note for circulation across multiple French overseas territories simultaneously — the same type served Martinique, Guadeloupe, French Guiana, and Réunion, among others, a deliberate postwar centralization of colonial monetary administration that replaced the older territory-specific issues. Belain d'Esnambuc, the 17th-century Norman merchant who established the first permanent French settlement on Martinique in 1635, was a standard honorific choice for the series, reflecting metropolitan France's preferred narrative about its Caribbean presence.
Hourriez and Régnier were both confirmed Banque de France atelier engravers; the pairing of separate obverse and reverse engravers on a single note was routine for the Banque de France's intaglio production at this period.