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100 Francs

Features

Issuer VanuatuNew Hebrides (1906-1980)
Issuing bank Bank of Indochina
Period Anglo-French condominium (1906-1980)
Type Standard circulation banknotes
Years 1941-1945
Value 100 Francs
Currency Franc (1921-1982)
Composition Paper
Size 206 × 118 mm
Shape Rectangular
Technique Overprinted
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
388439
References P# 9
Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes).

Series: 1941-1945 ND Provisional Issues

Obverse

Multicolor.
Woman with wreath and small figure of Athena at center.
Overprint: red oval with NOUVELLES HÉBRIDES FRANCE LIBRE (palms and Cross
of Lorraine) on New Caledonia P-42.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
BANQUE DE L'INDOCHINE
L'article 139 du Code Pénal punit
des travaux forcés ceux qui auront
contrefait ou falsifié les billets
de banques autorisées par la loi.

NOUMÉA
100 Fr.
CENT FRANCS
PAYABLE EN SPÉCES AU PORTEUR

SÉB. LAURENT DEL
RITA SC.

Translation:
Bank of Indochina
Article 139 of the Penal Code punished by forced labor perpetuity of those who have counterfeit or falsified these vouchers as well as those who have made use of these vouchers counterfeit or falsified.

Noumea
100 Fr.
Hundred Francs
Payable in cash at sight to bearer

Engraver: Marguerite Dreyfus (Rita)

Designer: Sébastien Laurent

Reverse

Multicolor.
Statue of Four Faces of Bodhisattva Avalokitesvara (God who hears the cry of the World) - Bayon Temple (Angkor, Cambodia).

Script: Latin

Lettering:
BANQUE DE L'INDOCHINE
100
FRANCS
NOUMÉA
SÉB. LAURENT DEL
RITA SC.

Translation:
Bank of Indochina
100 Francs
Noumea

Engraver: Marguerite Dreyfus (Rita)

Designer: Sébastien Laurent

Printer

Banque de France, Paris, France

Comments

Overprinted on P#42 note from New Caledonia.

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC
ND (1941-1945)  P#9a - signature titles: "Administrateur & Directeur Général"
ND (1941-1945)  P#9b - signature titles: "Président & Directeur Général"

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