p04_0036 - 100 Francs NEW CALEDONIA 1914 P.17
PAPIER MONNAIE 4 (2004)
Starting price : 2 500.00 €
Estimate : 4 500.00 €
unsold lot
Starting price : 2 500.00 €
Estimate : 4 500.00 €
unsold lot
Face Value : 100 Francs
Date: 03 mars 1914
Period/Provinces/Banks Banque de l'Indochine
Catalogue reference : P.17
Additional reference : KM.409
Alphabet - series : M.6 n°874
Signatures : Baron Hely d'Oissel, Simon, caissier manuscrite
Detailed grade description : Petite fente 5mm en marge haute
Commentary
Cet exemplaire est le plus ancien que nous ayons vu, avec la date du 3 mars 1914, et il confirme, avec une signature de caissier encore jamais remarquée, que les billets étaient signés par séries et probablement dans l'ordre d'impression, matérialisé par les dates (nous avons donc maintenant vu du 3 au 11 mars). Ce billet est d'une extrême rareté car il fait partie des fameux alphabets 5 et 6, signalés par le Docteur Kolsky dans le KM, comme ayant été imprimés sur un papier épais, au coton, et retirés rapidement de la circulation. C'est le seul billet de ces alphabets que nous ayons jamais vu, c'est l'exemplaire de la collection Georges Thomas, n° 1885.
This example is the oldest we have seen, with the date March 3, 1914, and it confirms, with a cashier's signature never before noticed, that the notes were signed in series and probably in the order of printing, materialized by the dates (so we have now seen from March 3 to 11). This note is extremely rare because it is part of the famous alphabets 5 and 6, reported by Doctor Kolsky in the KM, as having been printed on thick paper, cotton, and quickly withdrawn from circulation. This is the only note of these alphabets that we have ever seen, it is the example of the Georges Thomas collection, n° 1885
This example is the oldest we have seen, with the date March 3, 1914, and it confirms, with a cashier's signature never before noticed, that the notes were signed in series and probably in the order of printing, materialized by the dates (so we have now seen from March 3 to 11). This note is extremely rare because it is part of the famous alphabets 5 and 6, reported by Doctor Kolsky in the KM, as having been printed on thick paper, cotton, and quickly withdrawn from circulation. This is the only note of these alphabets that we have ever seen, it is the example of the Georges Thomas collection, n° 1885