Blackhawk Posted October 13, 2012 Report Share Posted October 13, 2012 I recently bought a well circulated 5 franc note from Tahiti (Papeete). It appears to be the P-11. The note features a signature combination that I cannot match up to any other that I've found while looking on the internet, and I currently do not have a set of currency references to look at to see if it's listed. The note has signatures (from left to right) titled Administrator and Director...the director's signature appears as a number of vertical scribbles - this signature can be seen as "president" on the left signature of some P-11b notes. Does anyone have a reference that lists the note that I have, and if so what is the reference number? I'll try to post some photo's later. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted October 13, 2012 Report Share Posted October 13, 2012 According to my catalog, P11 has an A, B and C suffix. They read as follows: 5 Francs ND. (1927). Brown. Helmeted woman at lower l. a. Sign. titles: Un Administrateur and Le Directeur. b. Sign. R. Thion de la Chaume and P Baudouin w/titles: Le President and Le Directeur General. c. Sign. M Borduge and P. Badouin w/titles as b. Hope that helps you out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackhawk Posted October 13, 2012 Author Report Share Posted October 13, 2012 It must be the P-11a. Are there different signature combinations for the P-11a? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted October 13, 2012 Report Share Posted October 13, 2012 It must be the P-11a. Are there different signature combinations for the P-11a? My catalog doesn't list any for P-11a other than the titles of Un Administrateur and Le Directeur. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
siluska Posted October 13, 2012 Report Share Posted October 13, 2012 If the serial of the note is low (i mean the letter and one-two numbers, but up to the alphabet 45 or so) and the right signature (directeur) is made like huge W's, it's a note signed by A. de Montplanet and Rene Thion de la Caume (the W guy) and it's the first combination of this signature (=Pick's French Indochina signature 6) on Tahiti notes. If my feeling is right, it's indeed a Pick11a and that corresponds to Kolsky Musyznski 509a, and makes it a very rare note in any shape. I think it's the only signature known with this title but the french Tahiti is still a terra incognita . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackhawk Posted October 13, 2012 Author Report Share Posted October 13, 2012 Here are some photos of the note. Sorry about the quality of the first two...my camera was not adjusted for the distance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave M Posted October 13, 2012 Report Share Posted October 13, 2012 The signatures are Stanislas SImon, Un Administrateur, and Rene Thion de la Chaume, Le Directeur. The note is listed in Kolsky's Les Billets de la Banque de l'Indochine as #509b and is quite rare with that signature. Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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