1000 Francs

€2.00
IssuerNew Hebrides (1906-1980)
Year1941
TypeStandard circulation banknote
Value1000 Francs
CurrencyFranc (1921-1982)
CompositionPaper
Size210 × 120 mm
ShapeRectangular
PrinterBanque de France, France
No. printed
Designer(s)Lucien Hector Jonas
Engraver(s)Georges Léon Égalité Beltrand
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Reference(s) P#14A
Obverse descriptionMulticolor. Market scene in background and at left; native woman sitting at right. Overprint: red oval with NOUVELLES HÉBRIDES FRANCE LIBRE (palms and Cross of Lorraine) at center on New Caledonia P#43a. Double hand-stamped `ANNULE`.
Reverse descriptionMulticolor. Native woman at left; hunter native man at right. Double hand-stamped `ANNULE`.
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Obverse letteringBANQUE DE L`INDOCHINE MILLE FRANCS NOUMÉA L. JONAS FEC. G. BELTRAND SC.
(Translation: Bank of Indochina Thousand Francs Noumea)
Reverse letteringBANQUE DE L`INDOCHINE 1000 L`ARTICLE 139 DU CODE PÉNAL PUNIT DES TRAVAUX FORCÉS CEUX QUI AURONT CONTREFAIT OU FALSIFIÉ LES BILLETES DE BANQUE AUTORISÉS PAR LA LOI L. JONAS FEC. G. BELTRAND SC.
(Translation: Bank of Indochina  Article 139 of the Penal Code punishes forced labor for life killed those who have counterfeited or falsified bank notes authorized by law.)
VariantsJanuary 2, 1911
Catalog ID4377717030
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