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| 表面の銘文 | BANQUE DE LA MARTINIQUE CINQ CENTS FRANCS PAYABLES EN ESPÉCES, À VUE, AU PORTEUR L`ARTICLE 139 DU CODE PÉNAL PUNIT DES TRAVAUX FORCÉS À PERPÉTUITÉ LE CONTREFACTEUR 500 H. DANGER FEC. RITA SC. (Translation: Bank of Martinique Five Hundred Francs payable in cash to bearer Article 139 of the Penal Code punishes with forced labor in perpetuity the counterfeiter.) |
| 裏面の説明 | Printed in red, the back carries a central vignette of a small boat surrounded by tropical flowers, flanked by banana and coconut palm trees on either side. An aerial view of an island is rendered in the background, evoking the Caribbean landscape of Martinique. Designer and engraver credits appear in the lower margin. |
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| 偽造防止技術 | ログイン して詳細を見る |
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The Banque de la Martinique was not a central bank in any modern sense — it was one of several colonial privilege banks established under French law, with note-issuing rights tied directly to its founding charter. This 500 Francs note was produced by the Banque de France's printing workshops, which handled colonial currency production for several French overseas territories during this period. The engraving credits are worth attention: Marguerite Dreyfus, who signed her work as "Rita," was among the relatively few women working as intaglio engravers at the Banque de France atelier during the interwar decades.
Martinique's wartime monetary situation complicated matters considerably — after the fall of France in 1940, the island fell under Vichy administration until mid-1943, creating a period of economic isolation that affected the note stock in circulation.