Upper Senegal & Niger Paper Money

UPPER SENEGAL & NIGER Paper Money, Ca.1917

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Lieutenant Governor: Louis Periquet (acting)
21.5.1917-20.2.1918

General:
Louis Faidherbe

Printer: Chaix, Paris

**UPPER SENEGAL & NIGER BANKNOTES, L.11.2.1917**
P.UNL(~P.1) 0.5 Franc PROOF - Unique _LP	Back Obverse with grey-green underprint ₁
P.1 0.50 Franc _WDB	Back
P.1 0.50 Franc	Back
P.2 1 Franc	Reported but not confirmed
P.3 2 Francs	Reported but not confirmed

**ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS**
WDB We gratefully acknowledge numismatist Weldon D. "Burt" Burson, specialized collector of African banknotes, for providing images used in this section. LP We gratefully acknowledge Laurence Pope for submitted these images. 1 This unique PROOF note is a different colour from the issued notes, having a grey-green underprint. It was at one time in the research collection of Dr. Maurice Kolsky, the co-author of "Les Billets Africains de la Zone Franc".

**BACKGROUNDER**
Upper Senegal was created as a French Territory on 6.9.1880 and ten years later on 18.8.1890 was renamed the French Sudan Territory. On 17.10.1899 French Sudan was broken up and a portion became Upper Senegal & Niger. On 4.12.1920 it was renamed French Sudan and it was granted independence on 24.11.1958 as the Sudanese Republic.

**LINKS**
	General Louis Faidherbe

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