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10 Francs
| Issuer | Banque de l'Afrique Occidentale |
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| Year | 1943 |
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| Printer | Algerian printing |
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| Obverse lettering | BANQUE DE L'AFRIQUE OCCIDENTALE DIX FRANCS 2.1.1943 LE SECRÉTAIRE GÉNÉRAL LE CONTRÔLEUR GÉNÉRAL M. COCHARD CH. HERVÉ SC. |
| 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. |
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The Banque de l'Afrique Occidentale operated under Vichy authority until French West Africa rallied to the Free French in late 1942. Notes produced under "Algerian printing" in 1943 reflect that political rupture — Algiers had become the administrative hub of Free French Africa, and local wartime printing replaced the pre-war Paris-produced plates that could no longer be reliably sourced or shipped.
Wartime production conditions mean paper quality and impression consistency vary considerably across the P#29 series. Cochard's design and Hervé's engraving work were retained from earlier iterations, but the printing execution is noticeably cruder than the pre-war French metropolitan output.