Reference:
Pick: #34 , The Banknote Book: B224 , Other: #K470
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Description
Bank of Reunion. Free French Government. Issue of 1943. Dimensions: 72 x 55 mm. Banknote without watermark. Three-color printing on thick white paper. Printer: Unknown. Front: Blue background with stylized branches. Two crosses of Lorraine in red on the left and on the right above the value "1F". The wording "BANQUE DE LA REUNION" in the middle of the note and one signature printed with The Director: H. Poulet. Back: Stylized exotic landscape in blue background and value "1" in all four angles. The wording "BANQUE DE LA REUNION" in the middle and the words "ISSUE AUTHORIZED BY DECREE OF AUGUST 12, 1943". Below, the value in letters "UN FRANC". 150,000 issued bonds. No known specimens.