10 Francs - Colbert

€208,243.00
IssuerFrench Equatorial Africa
Year1957-1958
TypeStandard banknote
Value10 Francs (10 FCFA)
CurrencyCFA franc (1945-1960)
CompositionPaper
Size116 × 64 mm
ShapeRectangular
PrinterBanque de France, France
No. printed
Designer(s)Pierre Munier
Engraver(s)Obverse: Georges Hourriez
Reverse: Auguste Chapon
In circulation to
Reference(s) P#29
Obverse descriptionMulticolor. Portrait of Jean-Baptiste Colbert at left; sailing ships at right.
Reverse descriptionMulticolor. Fruits and boat on river.
Signature(s)
Protection typeWatermark
Protection descriptionContinuous anchors and small boats.
Obverse letteringDIX FRANCS 10 Institut d`Émission de l`Afrique Équatoriale Française et du Cameroun P. MUNIER FEC. HOURRIEZ SC.
(Translation: Ten Francs Emission Institute of French Equatorial Africa and Cameroon)
Reverse letteringInstitut d`Émission de l`Afrique Équatoriale Française et du Cameroun L`ARTICLE 139 DU CODE PÉNAL PUNIT DES TRAVAUX FORCÉS CEUX QUI AURONT CONTRE- FAIT OU FALSIFIÉ LES BILLETS DE BANQUES AUTORISÉES PAR LA LOI P. MUNIER FEC. A. CHAPON SC.
(Translation: Emission Institute of French Equatorial Africa and Cameroon Article 139 of the Penal Code punishes with forced labor those who have counterfeited or falsified bank notes authorized by law.)
Variants
Catalog ID7451172270
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