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Auction: 16015 - World Banknotes
Lot: 736

(x) Caisse Centrale de la France d'Outre-Mer, Guadeloupe, 5000 francs, 'Antillaise', ND (type of 1955), serial number L.16-634, yellow and multicoloured, Antillaise woman with basket of fruit at centre, trees at left, fruit at right, 'guadeloupe' in red script in borders around, Postel-Vinay signature, reverse blue and multicoloured, sugarcane harvesting, 'guadeloupe' in red script in borders around
(Pick 40a, Kolsky 138), pinholes, slight glue residue and lightly pressed, in ICG holder number 30, very fine and very rare in any condition. As an additional point of interest Kolsky states that on December 31st 1973 only 4109 notes of Schoelcher or Antilaise or 50NF/5000 francs for all three territories, Guadeloupe, Guyane and Martinique had not been redeemed and thus gives a rarity value of R6.

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Estimate
£1,300 to £1,600