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500 Francs
| Issuer | Caisse Centrale de la France d'Outre-Mer |
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| Year | 1947 |
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| Printer | Banque de France, France |
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| Obverse description | Multicolour intaglio and letterpress printing with dark blue text and numerals. The central vignette to the right presents a Martinican woman and a Guadeloupean woman in traditional dress posed before the harbour of Pointe-à-Pitre. Two black overprints reading 'LA RÉUNION' appear on the note, along with the serial numbering and signature in black. |
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| Reverse lettering | LA RÉUNION CAISSE CENTRALE DE LA FRANCE D'OUTRE-MER 500 RÉPUBLIQUE FRANÇAISE L'ARTICLE 139 DU CODE PÉNAL PUNIT DES TRAVAUX FORCÉ CEUX QUI AURONT CONTREFAIT OU FALSIFIÉ LES BILLETS DE BANQUE AUTORISE PAR LA LOI. C. SERVEAU FEC. | HOURRIEZ SC. LA RÉUNION (Translation: Reunion Central Fund of Overseas France Article 139 of the Penal Code punishes forced Labor those who have counterfeited or falsified banknotes authorized by Law. Five Hundred Francs Reunion) |
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The Caisse Centrale de la France d'Outre-Mer was established in 1944 to handle monetary affairs across France's overseas territories in the immediate postwar reorganization — a deliberate separation from the Banque de France proper, which had been compromised by its role during the Occupation. This 500 Francs note circulated across multiple distinct territories under the same issuing authority, which is why P#46 turns up in collections associated with everything from French Guiana to Réunion.
Clément Serveau was a prolific designer for French colonial currency; Beltrand's engraving work on the obverse is characteristically fine-line and restrained. Hourriez handled the reverse. The Banque de France printed the series despite the CCFOM's institutional independence from it.