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« on: September 27, 2010, 06:44:59 AM »

GOT TO THE COIN SHOW TODAY AND PICKED UP A FEW NOTES AND COINS...I WOULD LIKE TO SHARE ONE NOTE WITH YOU NOW AND WILL ADD MORE PICTURES WHEN I CAN...THIS IS A 20 FRANC NOTE FROM WWII ....YOU WILL SEE THE BANK'S NAME ON THE FRONT BUT I WANT TO SHOW YOU THE BACK FIRST


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« Reply #1 on: September 27, 2010, 06:51:26 AM »

NOW I WILL SHOW YOU THE FRONT.....I WANT YOU TO LOOK CAREFULLY AS WHOEVER CARRIED IT WROTE BATTLES HE PARTICIPATED IN---I BELIEVE.
SOME ARE:  GUADAL CANAL-----SAIPAN---TINIAN----GUAM---MAJURO?---KWAWELEIN---JONSTON(BATTLE OR HIS NAME?)--TARAWA AND ?

FASCINATING NOTE---SOME OF YOU MAY HELP ME WITH THE BATTLE SITES--ENJOY


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« Reply #2 on: September 27, 2010, 07:10:57 AM »

Cool note Joe, especially with the scribble on the front!   Smiley
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« Reply #3 on: September 27, 2010, 08:15:16 AM »

Off the top of my head I am thinking those were printed by E.A. Wright of Philadelphia.  They were a fairly shortlived issue also as the French authorities didn't care too much for the notes as they didn't really have a familiar "French" look to them, being unicolour and all.
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« Reply #4 on: September 27, 2010, 08:18:57 AM »

THANKS FOR THAT BIT OF INFORMATION ON WHO PRINTED THE NOTE
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« Reply #5 on: September 27, 2010, 06:36:11 PM »

Nice pick up, Joe.
Guess who's going to Noumea next year?
Not you, me, aye.
Also going to Vanuatu.
Hope to pick up some coins for anyone that wants,
but will worry about that later.
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