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BANKNOTE - ILE DE LA REUNION VERY RARE 19th CENTURY banknote UN FRANC, decree of May 2, 1879, "TRESOR COLONIAL", issue of December 2, 1885. In the lower corners, two cherubs bearing cornucopias filled with fishery products on the right, fruits & vegetables on the left; in the center, allegories of Agriculture & Commerce - On the reverse: the face value, in the center, naval anchor & 2 cornucopias, on the left, head of Ceres and farming implements, on the right, head of Mercury and tools. VERY RARE BILLET Rarity index R 5, rare condition for this banknote: TB +. NOTE: RARE DATE INEDITED, in any case not mentioned in Mr. Maurice KOLSKY's book "Les Billets des DOM-TOM", number 459 page 176.
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BANKNOTE - ILE DE LA REUNION VERY RARE 19th CENTURY banknote UN FRANC, decree of May 2, 1879, "TRESOR COLONIAL", issue of December 2, 1885. In the lower corners, two cherubs bearing cornucopias filled with fishery products on the right, fruits & vegetables on the left; in the center, allegories of Agriculture & Commerce - On the reverse: the face value, in the center, naval anchor & 2 cornucopias, on the left, head of Ceres and farming implements, on the right, head of Mercury and tools. VERY RARE BILLET Rarity index R 5, rare condition for this banknote: TB +. NOTE: RARE DATE INEDITED, in any case not mentioned in Mr. Maurice KOLSKY's book "Les Billets des DOM-TOM", number 459 page 176.
