Guadeloupe Franc ( French Franc ) - banknotes in French francs , issued in 1848-1961 for the French possession of Guadeloupe . Officially, they were not called the “Guadalupe franc”, however, they were usually treated only on its territory.
| Guadeloupe Franc | |||
|---|---|---|---|
Franc (Fr.) | |||
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| Territory of circulation | |||
| Guadeloupe | |||
| Derivative and parallel units | |||
| Fractional | Centime ( 1 ⁄ 100 ) | ||
| Parallel | French franc | ||
| Coins and Banknotes | |||
| Coins | 50 centimes, 1 franc | ||
| Banknotes | 50 centimes, 1, 2, 5, 10, 25, 100, 250, 500, 1000, 5000 francs | ||
| Story | |||
| Introduced | 1848 year | ||
| Start of seizure | 1961 year | ||
| Issue and production of coins and banknotes | |||
| Emission Center (Regulator) | Bank de Pre Colonial Treasury of Guadeloupe Bank of Guadeloupe Central box office of overseas France French Institute of Overseas Departments | ||
| Courses and ratios | |||
| 1 French franc = 1 | |||
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History
Since 1670, French colonial coins have been used in circulation, and since 1731, colonial coins minted specifically for French Caribbean possessions. On February 2, 1820, instead of colonial livre, the French franc was declared legal tender.
In 1848-1851, banknotes of the private Bank de Pre ( fr. Banque de Pret ) were issued. On July 11, 1851, another private bank, the Bank of Guiana, received the right to issue banknotes. The Bank of Guadalupe, established on the same day, began issuing banknotes in 1874. In addition to banknotes, the Bank of Guadalupe issued bearer checks in 1870-1900 and 1940.
In 1854, 1855, 1858 and 1863, the colonial treasury issued "cash bonds", in 1884 - "bonds".
In 1903 and 1921, copper-nickel coins (treasury bonds) were issued.
On August 28, 1944, the right to issue was transferred to the Central Box Office of Overseas France, which issued new banknotes in the same year. Banknotes of this type were issued for all overseas colonies under the control of the government of Free France , in Guadeloupe they were issued with an overprint of "GUADELOUPE".
A decree of the French government dated December 26, 1945 introduced the CFA franc as the monetary unit of French possessions in West and Equatorial Africa, and the CFP franc for the Pacific possessions of France. This decree did not apply to Guadeloupe, the French franc was still legal tender, but the issue of banknotes in francs especially for Guadeloupe continued.
In 1958, the Central Office of Overseas France was renamed the Central Office of Economic Cooperation, and on January 7, 1959, the Emission Institute of the Overseas Departments of France was created, to which the right to issue was transferred.
In 1961, the production of banknotes for Guadeloupe, Martinique and Guiana began , on which, instead of three different overprints, one was applied - “guadeloupe guyane martinique”. Previously issued banknotes continued to be used in circulation.
The denomination of the French franc, made on January 1, 1960, was extended to overseas departments only on January 1, 1963 [1] . In 1963, banknotes (both with the Guadeloupe overprint and the Guadeloupe Guiana Martinique overprint) were overprinted with a new denomination (in “new francs”), and the issue of banknotes of the Issuing Institute of Overseas Departments in new francs began (since 1964 years - in francs) with a new type of overprint - “DEPARTEMENT DE LA GUADELOUPE DEPARTEMENT DE LA GUYANE DEPARTEMENT DE LA MARTINIQUE” [2] .
In 1975, the issue of the franc overseas departments was discontinued, the banknotes of the Issuing Institute were gradually replaced by banknotes of the Bank of France . Since 2002 in circulation - Euro .
Coins and Banknotes
Issued paper currency:
- Banknotes of the Bank de Pre: 5, 10, 50, 100, 500, 1000 francs;
- cash booms of the Colonial Treasury of Guadeloupe: 1, 2, 5 francs;
- Bonds of the Colonial Treasury of Guadeloupe and its dependent territories: 50 centimes, 1, 2, 5, 10 francs;
- Bank of Guadeloupe banknotes: 50 centimes, 1, 2, 5, 25, 100, 250, 500, 1000 francs;
- Bank of Guadeloupe checks: 50 centimes, 1, 2, 5, 1000 francs;
- banknotes of the Central Box Office of Overseas France with an overprint of Guadeloupe: 5, 10, 20, 50, 100, 500, 1000, 5000 francs;
- banknotes of the Central Box Office of Overseas France with Guadeloupe overprints and denominations in new francs: 1 (per 100), 5 (per 500), 10 (per 1,000), 50 new francs (per 5,000 francs) [3] ;
Coins were minted: 50 centimes, 1 franc [4] .
Notes
- ↑ Butakov, 1987 , p. 78-79.
- ↑ Cuhaj 1961-, 2011 , pp. 383-384.
- ↑ Cuhaj, 2008 , pp. 627-632.
- ↑ Cuhaj, 2011 , pp. 1003.
Literature
- Butakov D.D., Zolotarenko E.D., Rybalko G.P. World Currencies: A Handbook / Ed. S.M. Borisova, G.P. Rybalko, O.V. Mozhaiskova. - 5th ed., Revised. and add. - M .: Finance and statistics, 1987. - 383 p.
- Cuhaj G., Michael T., Miller H. Standard Catalog of World Coins 1901-2000. - 39th ed. - Iola: Krause Publications, 2011 .-- 2345 p. - ISBN 978-1-4402-1172-8 .
- Cuhaj GS Standard Catalog of World Paper Money. General Issues 1368-1960. - 12th ed. - Iola: Krause Publications, 2008 .-- 1223 p. - ISBN 978-0-89689-730-4 .
- Cuhaj GS Standard Catalog of World Paper Money. General Issues 1961 — Present. - 17th ed. - Iola: Krause Publications, 2011 .-- 1112 p. - ISBN 978-1-4402-1584-1 .