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Nouvelle-Calédonie billets de banque - NEW CALEDONIA Banknotes, 1850> Issues

• TERRITOIRE NOUVELLE-CALEDONIE et DEPENDANCES
 • Territory of New Caledonia and Dependencies
History: 1853 FRA colony; 1946 FRA overseas territory; 23.11.1984 autonomy; 20.7.1998 FRA collective
The first banknotes attributable to New Caledonia were issued in 1850
Currency History: FRA currency 1853 - 73; NCL 1873 -1984; FPT 1985 >>


 
  PAGE CATALOG
NUMBERS		 DENOMINATIONS DATES ISSUING AUTHORITY

 ÎLE DES PINS
 • ISLES OF PINES
Isle of Pines discovered by FRA 16.6.1792; London Missionary Society1850; became part of NCL 29.9.1853
British trader James Paddon settled on Nou Island in 1845 and sold it to the French in 1858
NEW CALEDONIA, Isle of Pines, Ca.1850 N1 N.1 1 Pound Ca.1850 Isle of Pines, London Missionary Society Proposed Issue

Nouvelle-Calédonie
 • NEW CALEDONIA
 
NEW CALEDONIA, 1873-74 1 P.1 - P.3 5 - 20 Francs 1873 - 74 Compagnie de Nouvelles-Calédonie Banque
NEW CALEDONIA, 1874 4 N.7,
P.4 		20 - 100 Francs 1874 Banque de la Nouvelles-Calédonie
NEW CALEDONIA, 1874-89 N9 N.9 - N.19 500 - 5,000 Francs 1874 - 89 Traite de Cassier Payeur
Central de Trésor Public
NEW CALEDONIA, 1875 6 P.6 - P.9 5 - 500 Francs 1875 Etablissement de Nouméa Banque
NEW CALEDONIA, 1888-98 10 P.10 - P.13 5 - 500 Francs 1890 - 98 Banque de l'Indo - Chine
Images Needed 14 P.14 20 Francs 3.3.1902 Banque de l'Indo - Chine
NEW CALEDONIA, 1901-16 15 P.15 - P.17 5 - 100 Francs 1901 - 16 Banque de l'Indo - Chine
NEW CALEDONIA, 1916-25 18 P.18 - P.22 5 - 500 Francs 1916 - 25 Banque de l'Indo - Chine

 WWI - EMERGENCY ISSUES
NEW CALEDONIA, 1914-23 23 P.23 - P.27 25¢ - 2 Francs 1914-23  Trésorier Payeur de la
Nouvelles-Calédonie
NEW CALEDONIA, 1922 28 P.28 - P.29 25 - 50 Centimes 1922 Banque de l'Indo - Chine
Camp Barnes WWII CR45 CR.45 - CR.47 10¢, 50¢, $1 ND(WWII) Camp Barnes Officers Club

• FRENCH ADMINISTRATION
NEW CALEDONIA, 1918-19 30 P.30 - P.35 0.5 - 2 Francs 1918 - 19 Trésorier de Nouméa
NEW CALEDONIA, 1926-38 36 P.36 - P.38 5 - 500 Francs 1926 - 38 Banque de l'Indo - Chine

WWII, EMERGENCY ISSUES
New Caledonia was under protection of the Free French Forces from 24.9.1940 - 1945
New Caledonia became a French Overseas Territory on 27.10.1946
NEW CALEDONIA, 1939 39 P.39 - P.40,
SB.1601-1602		 100 - 1,000 Francs
on 20 - 100 Piastres		 1939 Banque de l'Indo - Chine
NEW CALEDONIA, 1938-43 41 P.41,
SB.1606		 5,000 Francs 1939 - 43 Banque de l'Indo - Chine
NEW CALEDONIA, 1937-63 42 P.42 - P.58 50¢ - 1,000 Francs 1937 - 63 Banque de l'Indo - Chine

FRENCH ADMINISTRATION
NEW CALEDONIA, 1951-63 50 P.50 20 Francs 1951-63 Banque de l'Indo - Chine
NEW CALEDONIA, 1969 59 P.59 - P.61 100 - 1,000 Francs 1969 Institut d'Emission d'Outre Mer
NEW CALEDONIA, 1971 63 P.63 - P.65 100 - 5,000 Francs 1969-92 Institut d'Emission d'Outre Mer
On 23.11.1984 autonomy was granted from France. New Caledonia became a Territorial Collective of France in 1998
The Nouméa Accord promises political power to the Kanaks until a 2014/18 independence referendum
On October 4, 2020 another independence vote was not approved.

For Issues After 1992 see French Pacific Territories
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

DC  We gratefully acknowledge numismatist Don Cleveland for images and information used in this section.

NC  We gratefully acknowledge numismatist Neville Cuthbert, for images and information used in this section.

AB   We gratefully acknowledge A. Basso for submitting images and information used in this section.

DS  We gratefully acknowledge Darryn Santich for submitted these images.

LINKS
New Caledonia Government
New Caledonia Banking History Cahiers d'histoire
New Caledonia Early Banking History
New Caledonia Worldstatesmen.org

New Caledonia

 New Caledonia   - wikipedia

CIA World Factbook - New Caledonia

 CIA World Factbook - New Caledonia