Reference:
Pick: #42 , The Banknote Book: B416 , Other: #K140
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Description
Bank of Guadeloupe. No date (1946) modified 1960 identical to the Pick: #36 but with the watermark overprinted in red "CONTRE-VALEUR DE 5 NOUVEAUX FRANCS". Work of Clément Serveau. Dimensions: 180 x 96 mm. Watermark with a woman's head wearing a phrygian cap. Front and back: multicolored printing. Front: the word "GUADELOUPE" repeated three times in the margin and the value "500" are printed in dark blue. The numbering and the signature are printed in black. On the right, a Martinican woman and a Guadeloupian woman pose in front of the port of Point-à-Pitre. One signature: The Director General: A. Postel-Vinay. Back: ox carts carrying sugar cane. At the bottom, article 139 of the Penal Code is printed in a yellow cartridge. The word "GUADELOUPE" repeated five times and the value "500" are printed in dark blue. Specimen of the issued note signed and numbered O.000 - 00000 with "SPECIMEN" in vertical perforations.
Banknotes :Caisse Centrale de la France d'Outre-Mer Guadeloupe (1960)
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