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10 Francs
| Issuer | Caisse Centrale de la France Libre |
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| Year | 1941 |
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| Reference(s) | P#11 |
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| Obverse lettering | CAISSE CENTRALE DE LA FRANCE LIBRE DIX FRANCS EDMUND DULAC DEL. (Translation: Central Fund of Free France Ten Francs) |
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| Reverse lettering | CAISSE CENTRALE DE LA FRANCE LIBRE L'ART. 139 DU CODE PÉNAL PUNIT DES TRAVAUX FORCÉS CEUX QUI AURONT CONTREFAIT OU FALSIFIÉ LES BILLETS DE BANQUE AUTORISÉS PAR LA LOI AINSI QUE CEUX QUI AURONT FAIT USAGE DE CES BILLETS CONTREFAITS OU FALSIFIÉS ORDONNANCE DU 2 DÉC. 1941 (Translation: Central Fund of Free France. Article 139 of the Penal Code punishes with forced labor those who have counterfeited or falsified bank notes authorized by law, as well as those who have used these counterfeit or falsified notes. Ordinance of 2 December 1941.) |
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The Caisse Centrale de la France Libre was established by de Gaulle's government-in-exile in 1941 specifically to provide a functioning currency for Free French territories — a political act as much as a financial one, asserting that France still existed as a sovereign entity even as metropolitan France operated under Vichy and German occupation. These notes circulated primarily in equatorial Africa and the Pacific territories that had rallied to the Free French cause.
Edmund Dulac, the Franco-British illustrator best known for luxury gift-book editions, was an unusual choice for currency design. Bradbury Wilkinson handled the engraving and printing, as they did for numerous colonial and exile currency commissions through the war years.