Important information for foreign travellers

Old-series banknotes

After this date, all bureaux de change, cash dispensers and retailers will distribute the new banknotes shown in this document.

You should not accept banknotes from the old series. Make sure you have used up all old-series banknotes in your possession by this date.

You may still receive banknotes from the old series, and they can be used for all payments or purchases.

LeArn how to recogniseTHE NEW CFP FRANC BANKNOTESGuide

From

20 January to

30 September

2014

From 30

September

2014

From

20 January

2014

Foreign

travellers

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If you travel to New Caledonia in French Polynesia or to Wallis and Futuna between 20 January 2014 and 30 September 2014, you may still receive banknotes from the old series (shown below).

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2 • Raised print feels thicker to the touch

2 • Raised print feels thicker to the touch

8 • Dynamic colour-changing pattern

the colour gradually changes from yellow to green when the

banknote is tilted

9 • Metallic windowed

security thread the colour

changes from green to blue

when the banknote is

tilteddu billet

7 • Two identical serial numbersone of which is

in the dominant colour of the

banknote

6 • Watermarkvisible when the banknote is held against the light

6 • Watermarkvisible when the banknote is held against the light

5 • Security thread the initials ieoM can be seen written in tiny letters when the banknote is held against the light

5 • Security thread the ieoM logo

and words institUt

D’ÉMission D’oUtre-Mer can

be seen when the banknote is held against the light

3 • Silvery stripe the value of the banknote can be seen and the letters cFP change from gold to grey when the note is tilted

3 • Partially demetallized hologram stripe the image changes and a rainbow-like effect can be seen when the banknote is tilted.

1 • See-through motif marks printed on both sides of the banknote combine perfectly to form a motif. the complete motif can be seen when the banknote is held against the light.

1 • See-through motif marks printed on both sides of the banknote combine perfectly to form a motif. the complete motif can be seen when the banknote is held against the light

4 • Embossed letters the letters cFP can be seen in oblique light

4 • Embossed letters the letters cFP can be seen in oblique light

7 • Two identical serial numbersone of which is in the dominant colour of the banknote