St. Pierre et Miquelon

The Territorial Collectivity of Saint-Pierre and Miquelon is a group of small islands in the North Atlantic Ocean. The islands were colonized by France in 1814, and are still members of the French Community - the only French region in North America.

Caisse Centrale de la France Libre

In 1941 the Comité National Français established the Caisse Centrale de la France Libre (Central Bank of Free France) as the central bank of Charles de Gaulle’s Free France. It was given note-issuing privileges for the colonies and overseas territories which were under the control of Free France.

B401a (
  • K.601
  • P-10
) 5 Francs Marianne de Dulac
Pink.
  • Printer: BWC
  • 2/2/1944
  • Sig 1

(F)
B402a (
  • K.602
  • P-11
) 10 Francs Marianne de Dulac
Purple.
  • Printer: BWC
  • 12/2/1941
  • Sig 1

(F)
B403a (
  • K.603
  • P-12
) 20 Francs Marianne de Dulac
Green.
  • Printer: BWC
  • 12/2/1941
  • Sig 1

(F)
B404a (
  • K.604
  • P-13
) 100 Francs Marianne de Dulac
Green and Yellow.
  • Printer: BWC
  • 12/2/1941
  • Sig 1

(F)
B405a (
  • K.605
  • P-14
) 1000 Francs Phoenix
Blue, Green and Purple.
  • Printer: BWC
  • 12/2/1941
  • Sig 1
(F)

Caisse Centrale de la France d'Outre-Mer

From 1941 to 1958, the Caisse Centrale was responsible for issuing banknotes to French West Africa, French Equatorial Africa, Cameroun, Madagascar, the French Overseas Departments (DOM) and Saint Pierre-et-Miquelon. In 1945 it introduced the Franc CFA (Colonies Françaises d’Afrique) for use in the Equatorial African States. In 1959, the banking functions were transferred to the Institut d'Émission des Départements d'Outre-Mer and the Caisse Centrale has transitioned to be an economic development organization for the regions.

1947 Issues

Country name is not specified, the 10F-50F are only distinguished from French Equatorial Africa by serial number range

B501a (
  • K.606
  • P-15
) 5 Francs Marianne de Dulac
Pink.
  • Printer: BWC
  • 2/2/1944

(F)
B502a (
  • K.607
  • P-16
) 10 Francs Marianne de Dulac
Purple.
  • Printer: BWC
  • 2/2/1944

(F)
B503a (
  • K.608
  • P-17
) 20 Francs Marianne de Dulac
Green, Blue.
  • Printer: BWC
  • 2/2/1944

(F)
B504a (
  • K.609
  • P-18
) 1000 Francs Phoenix
Blue, Green, Purple.
  • Printer: BWC
  • 2/2/1944
  • Sig 2

(F)
B505a (
  • K.611
  • P-19a
) 10 Francs Jean-Baptiste Colbert
  • Printer: Desfossés, Paris
  • ND (1947)
  • Sig 3

  • Watermark: Anchor and Boat

B505b (
  • K.611
  • P-19b
) 10 Francs Jean-Baptiste Colbert
  • Printer: BdF
B506a (
  • K.612
  • P-20
) 20 Francs Émile Gentil
  • Printer: BdF
  • ND (1947)
  • Sig 3

  • Watermark: Anchor and Boat

(F)
(B)
B507a (
  • K.613
  • P-21
) 50 Francs Pierre Bélain, Sieur d'Esnambuc
  • Printer: BdF
  • ND (1947)
  • Sig 3

  • Watermark: Ceres

(F)
(B)

1950 Issues

B508a face
B508a face
B508a (
  • K.614
  • P-22
) 5 Francs Bougainville
Louis-Antoine Bougainville; Museum of Joséphine de Beauharnais
  • Printer: BdF
  • ND (1950-60)
  • Parchment paper
  • Sig 3
  • Series S.27-U.28

  • Watermark: Anchor and Boat

(F+B)
(F)
(B)
B508b face
B508b face
B508b (
  • K.614
  • P-22
) 5 Francs Bougainville
  • ND (1950-60)
  • White paper
  • Sig 3
  • Series A.81-B.81
B509a face
B509a face
B509a (
  • K.615
  • P-23
) 10 Francs Jean-Baptiste Colbert
  • Printer: BdF
  • ND (1950-60)
  • Sig 3

  • Watermark: Anchor and Boat

B510a face
B510a face
B510a (
  • K.616
  • P-24
) 20 Francs Émile Gentil
  • Printer: BdF
  • ND (1950-60)
  • Sig 3

  • Watermark: Anchor and Boat

(F)
(B)
B511a face
B511a face
B511a (
  • K.617
  • P-25
) 50 Francs Pierre Bélain, Sieur d'Esnambuc
  • Printer: BdF
  • ND (1950-60)
  • Sig 3

  • Watermark: Ceres

(F)
(B)
B512a (
  • K.618
  • P-26a
) 100 Francs La Bourdonnais
  • Printer: BdF
  • ND (1963)

  • Watermark: Marianne

B513a (
  • K.619
  • P-27
) 500 Francs Pointe-à-Pitre
Martinique and Guadeloupe Women; Transporting Sugar Cane by Ox
  • Printer: BdF
  • ND (1971)

  • Watermark: Marianne

B514a (
  • K.620
  • P-28
) 1000 Francs Union Française
  • Printer: BdF
  • ND (1950-60)

  • Watermark: Marianne

B515a (
  • K.621
  • P-29
) 5000 Francs Victor Schoelcher
  • Printer: BdF
  • ND (1950-60)

  • Watermark: Marianne

B516a face
B516a face
B516a (
  • K.622a
  • P-30a
) 1NF/50 Francs Pierre Bélain, Sieur d'Esnambuc
  • Printer: BdF
  • ND (1960)
  • Sig 3
  • 5-Digit Verification Number at top

  • Watermark: Ceres

(F)
(B)
B516b (
  • K.622b
  • P-30b
) 1NF/50 Francs Pierre Bélain, Sieur d'Esnambuc
  • ND (1960)
  • Sig 3
  • 9-Digit Verification Number at top

B517a (
  • K.623
  • P-31
) 1NF/50 Francs Pierre Bélain, Sieur d'Esnambuc
  • Printer: BdF
  • ND (1961)
  • Sig 3

  • Watermark: Ceres

(F)
(B)
B518a face
B518a face
B518a (
  • K.624
  • P-32
) 2NF/100 Francs La Bourdonnais
  • Printer: BdF
  • ND (1963)
  • Sig 3

  • Watermark: Marianne

B519a (
  • K.625
  • P-33a
) 10NF/500 Francs Pointe-à-Pitre
Martinique and Guadeloupe Women; Transporting Sugar Cane by Ox
  • Printer: BdF
  • ND (1964)

  • Watermark: Marianne

B520a (
  • K.626
  • P-34a
) 20NF/1000 Francs Union Française
  • Printer: BdF
  • ND (1964)

  • Watermark: Marianne

B521a (
  • K.627
  • P-35a
) 100NF/5000 Francs Victor Schoelcher
  • Printer: BdF
  • ND (1961)

  • Watermark: Marianne

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