DAHOMEY Paper Money, 1917 Issues

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**Lieutenant Governors**
Charles H.A. Noufflard 9.5.1912 - 7.4.1917	Gaston L.. Fourn 7.4.1917 - 29.4.1928

**COLONIE du DAHOMEY,** **D.1917 Issues**
P.1r Half Franc	Back
P.2 1 Franc	Back

**BACKGROUNDER**
Dahomey was a French overseas territory of France. On 1 Aug 1960 it declared independence from France as the Republic of Dahomey. On 30 Nov 1975 it became the People's Republic of Benin and on 1 Mar 1990 it became the Republic of Benin. Benin presently uses West African Currency Board issues of the Banque Centrales des Etats de l'Afrique.