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About :#25 - 500 francs Pointe à Pitre Type 1949
French Equatorial Africa (AEF). Caisse Centrale de la France d'Outre-Mer (CCFOM). Banknote issued in 1949 but undated. Work by Clément Serveau and engraving of Beltrand for the front and Clément Serveau and engraving of Hourriez for the back. Printer: Bank of France. Dimensions: 180 x 96 mm. Watermark with a woman's head wearing a Phrygian cap. Front and back: Multicolored printing. Front: The issuing institute "Caisse Centrale de la France d'Outre-Mer", the value in figures and letters are printed in 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. Specimen of the issued note signed and numbered O.000 - 00000 with "SPECIMEN" perforated obliquely in the center of the bill. Another specimen with "SPECIMEN" perforated obliquely at the center of the note and with two vertical black wet pads on the sides on the front and back.
4 variants#25 - 500 francs Pointe à Pitre Type 1949
| Pick | Date | Rarity | Alphabet | Numizon comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #25 | R | None | ||
| #25a | 1949 | R | Non daté. Alphabets : 1 à 6. | |
| #25s | 1949 | RRR | Spécimen surchargé "SPECIMEN" perforé en diagonale. | |
| #25s | 1949 | RRR | Spécimen perforé "SPECIMEN" et surchargé de 2 tampons noirs. |
