25 francs Type 1905 Guadeloupe

Reference:

Pick: #8 , The Banknote Book: B308 , Other: #K105

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Description

Bank of Guadeloupe. No date (1920-1944). Work of Cornouaille on the front and Georges Duval on the back. Dimensions: 186 x 102 mm. Watermark with the value "25" repeated twice over the signatures. Front: print in red. The frame is composed of cornucopias and symbolic motifs. On the right, the strain in English typography. Seven variants of signatures with The Director, The Cashier and One of the Censors. Numbering, alphabet and signatures are printed in black. The law text is printed in white in two black medallions. Back: print in red. A luxuriant vegetation frames a rowing boat symbolizing the Republic and decorated with fruits and flowers. In the background, we guess the bay of Saint-Pierre. Specimen in red unsigned and numbered O.0 - 000 with perforations. Proof in black or red with watermark "25" repeated twice. Uniform tests in red without watermark and without signatures. Known banknotes: D.12-043, E.13, E.21, F.25, A.29-613, F.30, M.30, A.33-458, A.35-141, X.35-686, T.37, Y.38, Y.39-336, Y.40-886, A.46-775, E.46-742, K.46-873, R.48-934, S.48-505, U.51, X.51-599. The note was removed from circulation on March 22, 1959.

Banknotes :Bank of Guadeloupe (1874-1934)