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10 Francs - Colbert
| Issuer | Caisse Centrale de la France d'Outre-Mer |
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| Year | 1946 |
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| Currency | Franc (1917-1960) |
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| Reverse lettering | GUYANE GUYANE GUYANE 10 10 CAISSE CENTRALE DE LA FRANCE D`OUTRE MER GUYANE L`ARTICLE 139 DU CODE PÉNAL PUNIT DES TRAVAUX FORCÉS CEUX QUI AURONT CONTRE-FAIT OU FALSIFIÉ LES BILLETS DE BANQUES AUTORISÉES PAR LA LOI P. MUNIER FEC. A. CHAPON SC. (Translation: Guiana Central Fund of Overseas France Article 139 of the Penal Code punishes with forced labor those who have counterfeited or falsified bank notes authorized by law.) |
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| Protection description | Continuous anchors and small boats. |
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The Caisse Centrale de la France d'Outre-Mer was established by de Gaulle's provisional government in 1944 to issue currency across France's overseas territories as they were liberated or reintegrated — a deliberate financial reassertion of French authority after the disruptions of occupation and Vichy. This 10 Francs note, printed at the Banque de France's own workshops with engraving split between Hourriez on the obverse and Chapon on the reverse, reflects the institution's early reliance on metropolitan production capacity for colonial currency.
Pick 20 covers a wide geographic range of intended circulation, from the Antilles to Réunion. Notes of this denomination saw heavy use and survivors in collectible grades are genuinely uncommon.