10 Francs

Issuer	Banque de l'Afrique Occidentale
Year	1943
Type	Standard circulation banknote
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Obverse description	Portrait of an African woman in profile facing left at right, wearing a beaded necklace, hoop earrings, and a traditional head wrap, rendered in intaglio against an orange-tinted underprint with a palm tree vignette. At left, the numeral 10 is set within an ornate guilloche rosette. The bank title and date appear at top centre, with two facsimile signatures below, captioned LE SECRÉTAIRE GÉNÉRAL and LE CONTRÔLEUR GÉNÉRAL.
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Reverse description	Central vignette composed of an elaborate guilloche wreath encircling the numeral 10 and the denomination DIX FRANCS in a bold panel, printed in purple and orange. Two large symmetrical guilloche rosettes flank the central design, and the numeral 10 appears in octagonal frames at each lower corner. The bank title arches across the top in ornate lettering, and a statutory anti-counterfeiting legend runs along the lower margin.
Reverse lettering	BANQUE DE L'AFRIQUE OCCIDENTALE DIX FRANCS L'ART. 139 DU CODE PÉNAL PUNIT DES TRAVAUX FORCÉS CEUX QUI AURONT CONTREFAIT OU FALSIFIÉ LES BILLETS DE BANQUES AUTORISÉES PAR LA LOI
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