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10 Francs - Allied Military Currency
| Issuer | Allied Military Authority |
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| Year | 1944 |
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| Value | 10 Francs |
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| Obverse lettering | ÉMIS EN FRANCE SÉRIE DE 1944 DIX FRANCS 10 (Translation: Issued in France / Series of 1944 / Ten / Francs) |
| Reverse description | The reverse is printed in blue and red on a fine guilloche underprint, with a central vignette of the French tricolour flag on a staff, rendered in full colour against a wavy-line background. Below the flag, a decorative cartouche encloses the republican motto in three lines. The border is formed by a repeating ornamental frame with corner embellishments. |
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Allied Military Currency for France was produced in the United States beginning in 1944, part of a massive printing program coordinated by the U.S. Treasury and the Allied command ahead of the Normandy landings. The French provisional government under de Gaulle bitterly opposed the scheme — he viewed the notes as a form of occupation currency and refused to authorize them, arguing that printing money for France without French consent was an affront to sovereignty. The dispute was genuine and lasting; de Gaulle never fully forgave Roosevelt for it.
Forbes Lithograph in Boston handled a portion of the run using a simplified lithographic process, deliberately avoiding the intaglio work of conventional banknote printing to allow faster mass production.