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10 000 Francs CFP
| Issuer | Institut d'Émission d'Outre-Mer |
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| Year | 1986-2013 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse description | At left, a female portrait in three-quarter profile facing right, her hair crowned with tropical leaves and flowers, rendered in intaglio. The central vignette presents three traditional stilt houses with balconied verandas set against a coastal ocean backdrop. Guilloche underprint patterns and multicolour geometric designs frame the composition throughout. |
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| Reverse lettering | 10 000 FRANCS C.F.P. INSTITUT D'EMISSION D'OUTRE-MER REPUBLIQUE FRANCAISE L'ARTICLE 139 DU CODE PENAL PUNIT DE LA RECLUSION CRIMINELLE A PERPETUITE CEUX QUI AURONT CONTREFAIT OU FALSIFIE LES BILLETS DE BANQUE AUTORISES PAR LA LOI CONTREFAITS OU FALSIFIES SONT PUNIES PAR LES ARTICLES 442-1 ET 442-2 DU CODE PENAL |
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The CFP franc — Franc Pacifique — has been pegged to the euro (and before it, the French franc) at a fixed rate since 1945, making the Institut d'Émission d'Outre-Mer one of the few issuing authorities in the world that has never had to manage a floating exchange rate. That stability meant this note remained in circulation across a remarkably long production window without the pressure of redenomination or crisis replacement driving design changes.
Pierrette Lambert was among the more prolific designers working for the Banque de France's note production program in the latter twentieth century. The watermark remains the sole listed security feature — modest by the standards of late-issue paper currency, though the territories served by IEOM were not high-counterfeiting environments.