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10 Francs - Berlioz type 1972 without signatures
| Issuer | Banque de France |
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| Year | 1973-1974 |
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| Value | 10 Francs (10 FRF) |
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| Obverse description | Intaglio portrait of composer Hector Berlioz at right, baton in hand, with a vignette of an orchestra rehearsal in the Chapelle des Invalides in the background. Guilloche underprint in blue and multicolour tones frames the central design, with the denomination and issuer inscription in letterpress. |
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| Reverse lettering | 10 10 L'ARTICLE 129 DU CODE PENAL PUNIT DE LA RECLUSION CRIMINELLE A PERPETUITE CEUX QUI AURONT CONTREFAIT OU FALSIFIE DES BILLETS DE BANQUE AUTORISES PAR LA LOI, AINSI QUE CEUX QUI AURONT FAIT USAGE DE CES BILLETS CONTREFAITS OU FALSIFIES. CEUX QUI LES AURONT INTRODUITS EN FRANCE SERONT PUNIS DE LA MÊME PEINE. BANQUE DE FRANCE |
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The Berlioz 10 Francs was introduced in 1972 as France transitioned away from the older Voltaire type, which had run since 1963. This particular variety — catalogued without signatures — corresponds to notes issued between 1973 and 1974, a brief window before the type was retired entirely in 1978. The absence of printed signatures places it within a specific administrative moment at the Banque de France, not an error or omission.
Fontanarosa was a painter by primary vocation, and Jubert's engraving work translating that aesthetic into intaglio is the real technical achievement of this series. Renaud handled the back plate.