FRENCH ANTILLIES (FRENCH WEST INDIES)

The French Antilles or French West Indies, are made up of 7 territories under French sovereignty - Guadeloupe and Martinique (french overseas territories), Saint Martin and Saint Barthelemy (French overseas dependencies) and the three island dependencies of Guadeloupe - Les Saintes, Marie Galante, La Desirade. The french Antilles issued its own currency from 1961 until 1975 when the French currency took over and presently it uses the Euro.

Monetary unit : 1 Franc = 100 Centimes

I have been trying to get this note for ages but most people want stupid money for it but i managed to get this one within my price range.

It is a 10 franc note from 1964 (ND) . the front has a a woman with the shoreline behind her and the reverse has a banana harvest with people harvesting in the foreground and a factory in the background.Again the French go for a really artistic note with beautiful colours.

** wikipedia seems a bit confused as to whether French Guiana is included in the currency but as you can see in the scan it says - from top left- the departments of  Guadeloupe, Guyane and Martinique.


See also FRANCE , GUADELOUPE, MARTINIQUE

MARTINIQUE

Martinique is a French overseas department with a capital city of Port de France.  It is an island in the Caribbean within the island group of the lesser Antilles. France took possession of the island in 1635 and, apart from some brief British occupations, has been a French territory ever since. in 1946, it became a French overseas department. it is the birthplace of Napoleon's empress , Josephine. The indigenous peoples of the island were the Arawaks and the Caribs

Monetary units:
1 Franc = 100 centimes (up to 2001)
1 euro = 100 cents (2002 onwards)

The note above is the 50 Franc note from the 1947-49 issue with belain d'esnambuc, the French adventurer who established the first French colony in Martinique, on the front and a native woman on the reverse.