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| Reunion 20 New Francs on 1000 Francs banknote |
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| Reunion 20 Nouveaux Francs - 1000 Francs |
Reunion banknotes, Reunion paper money, Reunion bank notes, French banknotes.
Obverse: Allegory of France and French Union: The women on the foreground personifies France and looking towards the face of a young Martinican woman in traditional head dress.
Reverse: Portrait of Creole women wearing the madras dress (the island's national dress). Dugout canoe at center. In background - Typical Guadeloupe Landscape - seacoast.
French Union
The French Union (Union française) was a political entity created by the French Fourth Republic to replace the old French colonial system, the "French Empire" (Empire Français) and to abolish its "indigenous" (indigène) status.