In 1945, the CFP franc was introduced, with coins issued for French Oceania (Etablisements Français de l'Océanie as the colony was then known) from 1949.
The obverse, identical to that of the New Caledonian coins, included the words Republique Français (lit.
The only changes were the removal of the text "Union Française" on 1, 2, and 5 franc coins from 1965, and the addition of the issuer initials "I.E.O.M" (Institut d'émission d'outre-mer) after 1972.
On the reverse, the wording changed in 1965 from Établissements français de l'Océanie to Polynésie Française.
[1] In 1914, the Banque de l'Indochine in Papeete (the capital of French Polynesia on Tahiti) introduced notes for 5, 20 and 100 francs.
In 1969, the Institut d'Emission d'Outre-Mer, Papeete took over the issuance of paper money, introducing notes for 100, 500, 1000 and 5000 francs.
In early 2014, the IEOM issued a new series of common banknotes, and the older notes were withdrawn from circulation later that year.