100 Francs - Archipel des Bélep

100 Francs - Archipel des Bélep - obverse100 Francs - Archipel des Bélep - reverse

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Features

Location New Caledonia (Overseas France)
Type Fantasy items › Fantasy currency
Year 2015
Value 100 Francs
Composition Nickel plated steel
Weight 28.8 g
Diameter 39 mm
Thickness 3.61 mm
Shape Round
Technique Milled
Orientation Medal alignment ↑↑
Number
N#
100024

Obverse

Head of Woman.
Date.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
REPVBLIQVE FRANCAISE
2015
I.E.O.M.

Unabridged legend: Institut d'Emission d'Outre-mer

Reverse

Native Boats.
Denomination.
Value.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
ARCHIPEL DES BELEP
100 f

Edge

Reeded

Comments

Bélep is a commune in the North Province of New Caledonia, an overseas territory of France in the Pacific Ocean. It has almost 1000 people living on 70 km2.

The commune's territory is made up of the Belep Archipelago, which lie to the north of New Caledonia's mainland. The two principal islands in the Belep Archipelago are Art Island and Pott Island. The rest of the archipelago consists of the Northern and Southern Daos Islands, and several very small islets.

The Belep Islands were named after a Kanak chief who settled there in ancient times. A Catholic mission was founded in Belep in 1856. The islands were the site of a leper colony between 1892 and 1898.

The administrative centre of the commune is the settlement of Waala, on Art Island, the largest of the Belep Islands.

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC
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