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10 Francs
| Issuer | Institut d'Émission d'Outre-Mer |
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| Year | 1964 |
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| Orientation | Coin alignment ↑↓ |
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| Obverse description | Left-facing draped bust of Marianne, the allegorical personification of the French Republic, wearing a radiating diadem and with flowing wavy hair. The engraver's signature L.BAZOR appears below the truncation, with the mint engraver's initials GB to the right. Two sailing vessels are depicted in the lower field on either side of the bust. The circular legend REPUBLIQUE FRANÇAISE arcs around the upper periphery, while the date 1964 is inscribed in the lower exergue. |
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| Obverse lettering | REPUBLIQUE FRANÇAISE L.BAZOR GB 1964 (Translation: Republic of France) |
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The Institut d'Émission d'Outre-Mer was established in 1966 to manage currency for France's Pacific territories — but this piece predates that institution, which creates a cataloging curiosity: coins bearing the IEOM name circulated before the institute formally existed in its reorganized statutory form, issued under transitional monetary arrangements as France restructured its overseas financial administration following decolonization pressures of the early 1960s.