French Guiana

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French Guiana is on the northeast coast of South America and was under French control since 1674. In 1946 French Guiana voted to remain within the French Union as an overseas department. French Guiana's inhabitants are French citizens use the Euro.

Banque de la Guyane

1887-1946 Issues

B201 (
  • K.201
  • P-1
) 5 Francs Cabasson
Blue.
  • Printer: BdF
  • ND (1911)


  • Robert, J. SC
    • (F)

  • Wullschleger, Ch. SC
    • (B)

Afrique Française Libre

Under the leadership of Félix Éboué, governor of the French colony of Chad, the region realigned from Vichy (Petain) to Free France (de Gaulle) in 1940.

1941 Issue

B301a (
  • K.216
  • P-16a
) 100 Francs Marianne de Dulac
Green and Yellow.
  • Printer: BWC
  • 12/2/1941
  • Sig 1

B302a (
  • K.217
  • P-16A
) 1000 Francs Phoenix
Blue, Green, Purple.
  • Printer: BWC
  • 2/2/1944
  • Sig 2

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.

1944 Issue

B401a (
  • K.218
  • P-17a
) 100 Francs Marianne de Dulac
Green and Yellow.
  • Printer: BWC
  • 2/2/1944
  • Sig 1

B402 (
  • K.219
  • P-18
) 1000 Francs Phoenix
Blue, Green, Purple.
  • Printer: BWC
  • 2/2/1944
  • Sig 2

1946-52 Issues

B403a face
B403a face
B403a (
  • K.221
  • P-19a
) 5 Francs Bougainville
Louis-Antoine Bougainville; Museum of Joséphine de Beauharnais
  • Printer: BdF
  • ND (1946)
  • Sig 3

  • Watermark: Anchor and Boat


  • Chapon, A. SC
    • (B)
B404a (
  • K.222
  • P-20a
) 10 Francs Jean-Baptiste Colbert
  • Printer: BdF
  • ND (1946)
  • Sig 3

  • Watermark: Anchor and Boat


  • Chapon, A. SC
    • (B)
B405a (
  • K.223
  • P-21a
) 20 Francs Émile Gentil
  • Printer: BdF
  • ND (1946)
  • Sig 3

  • Watermark: Anchor and Boat


  • Tison, M. SC
    • (B)
B406a (
  • K.224
  • P-22a
) 50 Francs Pierre Bélain, Sieur d'Esnambuc
  • Printer: BdF
  • ND (1946)
  • Sig 3


  • Régnier, G. SC
    • (B)
B407a (
  • K.225
  • P-23a
) 100 Francs La Bourdonnais
  • Printer: BdF
  • ND (1946)
  • Sig 3


  • Régnier, G. SC
    • (B)
B408a (
  • K.226
  • P-24a
) 500 Francs Pointe-à-Pitre
Martinique and Guadeloupe Women; Transporting Sugar Cane by Ox
  • Printer: BdF
  • ND (1946)
  • Sig 3


B409a (
  • K.227
  • P-25a
) 1000 Francs Union Française
  • Printer: BdF
  • ND (1947)
  • Sig 3


B410a (
  • K.229
  • P-26a
) 5000 Francs Victor Schoelcher
  • Printer: BdF
  • ND (1952)
  • Sig 3


B411a (
  • K.228
  • P-27
) 1000 Francs Fishermen from the Antilles
  • Printer: BdF
  • ND (1956)
  • Sig 3

B412a (
  • K.230
  • P-28a
) 5000 Francs
Woman with Fruit Bowl; Sugar Cane Harvest
  • Printer: BdF
  • ND (1956)
  • Sig 3

1960 Provisional Issues

B413a (
  • K.231
  • P-29
) 1NF/100 Francs La Bourdonnais
  • Printer: BdF
  • ND (1960)
  • Sig 3


  • Régnier, G. SC
    • (B)
B414a (
  • K.232
  • P-30
) 5NF/500 Francs Pointe-à-Pitre
Martinique and Guadeloupe Women; Transporting Sugar Cane by Ox
  • Printer: BdF
  • ND (1960)
  • Sig 3


B415a (
  • K.233
  • P-32
) 10NF/1000 Francs Union Française
  • Printer: BdF
  • ND (1960)
  • Sig 3


B416a (
  • K.234
  • P-31
) 10NF/1000 Francs Fishermen from the Antilles
  • Printer: BdF
  • ND (1960)
  • Sig 3

B417a (
  • K.235
  • P-33
) 50NF/5000 Francs
Woman with Fruit Bowl; Sugar Cane Harvest
  • Printer: BdF
  • ND (1961)
  • Sig 3

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