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10 Francs - Colbert
| Issuer | Caisse Centrale de la France d'Outre-Mer |
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| Year | 1947 |
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| Value | 10 Francs (10 FCFA) |
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| Obverse lettering | DIX FRANCS CAISSE CENTRALE DE LA FRANCE D'OUTRE-MER P. MUNIER FEC. HOURRIEZ SC. (Translation: Ten Francs Central Fund of Overseas France) |
| Reverse description | Multicolour vignette occupying the central field, composed of a tropical riverside scene with a dugout canoe carrying figures on a calm river, framed by lush equatorial vegetation, exotic fruits, and flowering plants in the foreground. Denomination numerals are set within guilloche panels at left and right, and a legal warning cartouche appears at lower centre-right. Engraver and designer credits are printed in the lower margins. |
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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 restore monetary order in liberated French territories — a direct response to the proliferation of Allied Military Currency and improvised local issues during the occupation years. This 10 Francs note, part of the postwar reconstruction series, circulated across a remarkably dispersed currency zone that included French Guiana, Guadeloupe, Martinique, and Réunion simultaneously.
Hourriez and Chapon were both career engravers at the Banque de France's atelier, and the split attribution — one engraver per face — was routine workshop practice there, not a sign of any unusual production arrangement.