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HOG:
Pierre Aristide
FARON
11.1871 - 1875

HOG:
Alfred Albert
MARTINEAU
9.7. 1910 - 7. 1911

FRENCH INDIA Banknotes, 1874-1945 Issues

• INDES-ORIENTALES département du FRANCE
French India
History: French India established 4.2.1673; dissolved 1.11.1954
Currency History: FRA and IND currency until 1954; IND 1954 >
 French India became part of India in 1950

Banque de L'Indochine, Pondichery
friP.A1S10RoupiesD.21.1.1874PPS.jpg
P.A1S  10 Roupies D.21.1.1874   PPS		 friP.A1S10RoupiesD.21.1.1874PPSr.jpg
 SPECIMEN  Back
FriP.A1bS10Roupies5.1910PPS.jpg
P.A1s  10 Roupies 5.1910   PPS		 FriP.A1bS10Roupies5.1910PPSr.jpg
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FriP.A1a10Roupies21.1.1875J.1002PPS.jpg
P.A1a 10 Roupies 21.1.1875   PPS		 FriP.A1a10Roupies21.1.1875J.1002PPSr.jpg
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FriP.A210Roupies3.11.1919A.4007AnnulePPS.jpg
P.A2 10 Roupies 3.11.1919   PPS		 FriP.A210Roupies3.11.1919A.4007AnnulePPSr.jpg
 Annule(Cancelled) Back
FriP.A210Roupies4.11.191Q.5549AnnuleCancelledPPS.jpg
P.A2 10 Roupies 4.11.1919   PPS		 FriP.A210Roupies4.11.191Q.5549AnnuleCancelledPPSr.jpg
Annule(Cancelled) Back
P.A3  50 Roupies 10.9.1898 Images Needed
friP.1STA1724250Roupies22.2.1902.jpg
P.1S  50 Roupies 22.2.1902		 FriP.1S50Roupies22.2.1902r.jpg
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P.2  10 Roupies 3.11.1919 Images Needed
FriP.3b50Roupies17.6.1915.jpg
P.3b  50 Roupies 17.6.1915		 FriP.3b50Roupies17.6.1915r.jpg
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P.4a  5 Roupies 12.11.1919		 P.4a5Roupies12.11.1919r.jpg
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friP.4bS1Rupee1.8.1923.jpg
P.4bS  1 Rupee 1.8.1923		 friP.4bS1Rupee1.8.1923r.jpg
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friP.4d5Roupies8.3.1939CL1.jpg
P.4d  5 Roupies 8.3.1939 *   CL1		 friP.4d5Roupies8.3.1939CL1r.jpg
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FriP4aS1Roupie.jpg
P4dS  1 Roupie 8.9.1945 no perfs		 FriP4aS1Roupier.jpg
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FriP.4dS1Roupie8.9.1945.jpg
P.4dS  1 Roupie 8.9.1945		 FriP.4dS1Roupie8.9.1945r.jpg
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P.4e5Roupies3.9.1945.JPG
P.4e  5 Roupies 3.9.1945		 P.4e5Roupies3.9.1945r.JPG
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P.4A similar to P.4 but with 3 crosses on back Images Needed
friP.5aTA142515FrancsND1937.jpg
P.5a  5 Francs ND(1937)
The green stamp in Tamil reads "Sri
Lakshmi Coffee Stores, Pondichery"  **		 friP.5aTA142515FrancsND1937r.jpg
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P.5bs  5 Roupies ND(1937)		 P.5bs5RoupiesND1937r.jpg
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friP.5b5RoupiesND1946RK.jpg
P.5b  5 Roupies ND(1946)   RK		 friP.5b5RoupiesND1946RKr.jpg
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P.7s50RoupiesND193645perfs.jpg
P.7s  50 Roupies ND(1936-45) perfs		 P.7s50RoupiesND193645perfsr.jpg
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friP.7s50RoupiesND193645RK.jpg
P.UNL(~7s)  50 Roupies ND(1936-45) No Perfs  RK		 friP.7s50RoupiesND193645RKr.jpg
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French India became part of India in 1950

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

PPS  We gratefully acknowledge Percy Phiroze Siganporia for images and information.

RK   We gratefully acknowledge Ramkumar yesramkumar@gmail.com  for images.
**  We gratefully acknowledge Ramkumar for providing the translation of this stamp.

CL1  We gratefully acknowledge CL1 for images.