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French overseas territorial francs before 1945

T-FTM000818 · Outside the currency tree

Imported scoped identity; use claim relationship types and date qualifications.

Instrument, denomination, issuer, monetary standard or other context: not a separate currency node.

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Evidence & research notes 3 claims

Imported colonial_francs: regional currency group. Dated evidence is not proof of an uninterrupted lifetime.

Supported C742

Metropolitan French coins circulate in colonial Guinea. An attested regional extension; this row does not assign one first-adoption date to every overseas territory.

BCRG · BCRG — Histoires de la monnaie Citation S383 · Open source ↗

Période coloniale

Source access and limitations

Handoff acceptance is not a claim that every source was independently reread.

Supported C743

The decree establishes the CFA grouping and its metropolitan-franc parity. Signed 25 December; effective 26 December. It groups existing territorial francs, not a single universal cash exchange.

Journal officiel, 26 December 1945 · Journal officiel, 26 December 1945 — Decree 45-0136 Citation S396 · Open source ↗

Articles 1–2

Source access and limitations

Handoff acceptance is not a claim that every source was independently reread.

Franc handoff v2 reports: Original gazette scan inspected visually through a mirror; not independently reopened in this merge.

Supported C744

The same decree separately establishes the Pacific-franc grouping. New Caledonia, French Oceania and New Hebrides; CFP is a sibling of CFA.

Journal officiel, 26 December 1945 · Journal officiel, 26 December 1945 — Decree 45-0136 Citation S396 · Open source ↗

Article 3

Source access and limitations

Handoff acceptance is not a claim that every source was independently reread.

Franc handoff v2 reports: Original gazette scan inspected visually through a mirror; not independently reopened in this merge.

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