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10 Francs
| Issuer | Caisse Centrale de la France d'Outre-Mer |
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| Year | 1944 |
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| Value | 10 Francs |
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| Obverse lettering | CAISSE CENTRALE DE LA FRANCE D`OUTRE-MER DIX FRANCS EDMUND DULAC DEL. (Translation: Central Fund of Overseas France Ten Francs) |
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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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The Caisse Centrale de la France d'Outre-Mer was established by de Gaulle's provisional government in 1944 specifically to issue currency for liberated and overseas French territories — a direct counter to both Vichy-linked notes and the Allied Military Currency that Washington had printed without French consent, a move de Gaulle considered an affront to French sovereignty. This note was part of that first urgent wave of issues.
Edmund Dulac, the Franco-British illustrator better known for his Orientalist book illustrations and British stamp designs, brought an unusual pedigree to colonial banknote work. Bradbury Wilkinson produced the physical notes in London while France itself remained under occupation.