French Guiana banknotes 100 Francs (1933 - 1942) Banque de la Guyane, P-8
Obverse: Allegorical woman holding a sceptre "Hand of Justice" (Marianne - Allegory of the French Republic) at left; passenger liner sailing on the ocean at lower center; a caduceus, anchor and fasces at right.
Reverse: Tropical trees and fruit, French Republic shield & Saint-Pierre, with Mount Pelée in the background.
French Guiana banknotes - French Guiana paper money
Banque de la Guyane
ND (1937-1945) Issue
25 Francs 100 Francs 500 Francs
Hand of Justice - Main de Justice
A uniquely French type of sceptre is the Main de Justice (Hand of Justice), which has as its finial an ivory Hand of God in a blessing gesture. Only the ivory finial itself appears to be medieval and probably comes from one of the three former Hands of Justice in the treasure of Saint Denis, perhaps the one of Saint Louis. The present golden rod which it terminates was probably made for either the coronation of Napoleon I or that of Charles X. The addition of cameos and other medieval gemstones like the 12th-century ring of Saint Denis which surround the junction of the finial and the replaced rod represent a deliberate 19th-century anachronism.
Another sceptre, the Baton of Guillaume de Roquemont, and the ring of Saint Louis are at the Louvre.