100 francs Free France Type 1943 French Guiana

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Pick: #16 , The Banknote Book: B301 , Other: #K216

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Description

Bank of Guyana. No date (1943). First issue in 1946. Work of Edmund Dulac. Dimensions: 156 x 99 mm. Watermark with torch and the initials "FL" in a circle. Front: print in dark green with a red and yellow safety background with the word "GUYANE" repeated continuously. Two vertical "GUYANE" surcharges in red printed on the left and right of the note. Numbering in red and labels in dark green. In the center, in a medallion in the shape of an eye, a portrait of Marianne wearing a phrygian cap in profile. Palms, fruits and exotic flowers around the figure. Two signatures printed in dark green: The Chief Executive Officer: Diethelm and The Chairman of the Supervisory Board: Pleven. Back: in the center, the title, then the Ordinance of December 2, 1941, an anchor, a barrel, a fish and colonial agricultural productions. Article 139 of the Penal Code is printed below on five lines. No known specimens. Banknotes found: PB 747,095 - PF 098,770 - PF 102,025 - PF 113,549 - PF 117,683. In December 1973, 12438 copies had not returned to the cash register. Banknote removed from circulation in October 1946. The photo note also illustrates the Dr. Kolsky's book: "The D.O.M-T.O.M banknotes", published in 2006, 280 pages.

Banknotes :Caisse Centrale de la France Libre (1943)