10 Francs

Issuer	Caisse Centrale de la France d'Outre-Mer
Year	1944
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Currency	Franc (1917-1945)
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Obverse description	Intaglio print in purple and red on white paper, with a central allegorical bust of Marianne, personification of the French Republic, set within a guilloche-bordered vignette flanked on each side by anchors symbolic of maritime France. Fine lathe-work scrollwork fills the corner ornaments, while the denomination and issuing authority's name appear in the surrounding legends. The designer's credit, "EDMUND DULAC DEL.", is inscribed in the lower margin.
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Reverse lettering	CAISSE CENTRALE DE LA FRANCE D`OUTRE-MER L`ART. 139 DU CODE PENAL PUNIT DES TRAVAUX FORCÉS CEUX QUI AURONT CONTREFAIT OU FALSIFIÉ LES BILLETES DE BANQUE AUTORISÉS PAR LA LOI AINSI QUE CEUX QUI AURONT FAIT USAGE DE CES BILLETS CONTREFAITS OU FALSIFIÉS ORDONNANCE DU 2 FEV. 1944 (Translation: Central Fund of Overseas France. Article 139 of the Penal Code punishes with forced labour those who have counterfeited or falsified bank notes authorised by law, as well as those who have made use of such counterfeit or falsified notes. Ordinance of 2 February 1944.)
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Variants	P#16a - signature at left: Duval red serial # P#16b - signature at left: Postel-Vinay red serial # P#16c - signature at left: Postel-Vinay black serial # without serial # prefix P#16d - black serial # serial # prefix A (in plate) P#16e - black serial # serial # prefix B (in plate)
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