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CFP franc: research record

Evidence coverage: 1945–1999. This is the span of collected observations, not the currency’s lifetime.

This record includes associated currencies and earlier interpretations. The article selects the evidence relevant to its own history.

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Currency continuity

CFP franc

XPF · Research draft
One scoped currency identity. Changes to subdivisions, scale, standard, instruments or issuers do not by themselves create children. A distinct account unit can remain a successor.
Current currency in the inherited endpoint register.
Dated observations: 1945–1999; this does not establish the entire lifetime.

Parents / predecessors

French franc — 1795 to euro conversionterritorial currency separation · 1945-12-26
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Children / successors

Vanuatu vatu / New Hebrides francregional currency continuity · 1945–1967
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Siblings

Unit and issue records 1 records

Evidence within this identity, not separate currencies.

CFP francFTM000822 · C744, C746, C747, C756, C805
Monetary history 3 events

Includes dated issues, standards, subdivisions and institutional changes. Each event retains the source's date qualifications.

1945Currency zone creation

The IEOM dates creation of the CFP franc to 1945.

C531
1945-12-26Parity framework

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

C744
1945-12-26Territorial currency separation

The Pacific franc separates from the metropolitan-franc monetary system in the same reform.

C978
Evidence & research notes 8 claims

Dated observations, not a proven complete lifespan.

Supported C531

The IEOM dates creation of the CFP franc to 1945.

Institut d'émission d'outre-mer · Annual Report 2023 — Le Franc Pacifique Citation S266 · Open source ↗

PDF p.21, Le Franc Pacifique

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.

Supported C746

Initial Pacific/metropolitan parity.

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

PDF p.2; signed 25 December, effective 26 December; Articles 1–3

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.

Supported C747

Early CFP dollar parity. Exchange anchor, not US-dollar ancestry.

IEOM · IEOM — Annual report 2020, CFP history Citation S387 · Open source ↗

Named short source page; relevant history/definition passage as reported in the handoff.

Source access and limitations

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

Supported C756

CFP euro anchor. Keep this exact orientation; a rounded reciprocal is not the legal definition.

IEOM · IEOM — Annual report 2020, CFP history Citation S387 · Open source ↗

Named short source page; relevant history/definition passage as reported in the handoff.

Source access and limitations

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

Supported C805

The 1945 Pacific grouping explicitly includes the New Hebrides. This does not date the subsequent separation of its monetary arrangements from the other CFP territories.

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.

Supported C978

The Pacific franc separates from the metropolitan-franc monetary system in the same reform.

Assemblée nationale / Hervé Gaymard · Rapport 2270, 27 January 2010: monetary history of the French Pacific Citation S463 · Open source ↗

Annex 2, II.C.2, paragraphs on 25–26 December 1945

Source access and limitations

Monetary separation from the metropolitan franc, not proof that every local predecessor was identical or that wartime circulation was uninterrupted.

Supported C979

New Hebrides franc issues continue the Pacific-franc system established in 1945, with IEOM issuance from 1967. This is a regional issue lineage; the date of separate exchange arrangements is not claimed.

Assemblée nationale / Hervé Gaymard · Rapport 2270, 27 January 2010: monetary history of the French Pacific Citation S463 · Open source ↗

Annex 2, II.C.2, paragraphs on 25–26 December 1945

Source access and limitations

Monetary separation from the metropolitan franc, not proof that every local predecessor was identical or that wartime circulation was uninterrupted.

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