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10 Francs - Colbert
| Issuer | Institut d'Émission de l'Afrique Équatoriale Française et du Cameroun |
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| Year | 1957 |
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| Value | 10 Francs (10 FCFA) |
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| Obverse description | Multicolour note with a portrait vignette of Jean-Baptiste Colbert at left, rendered in intaglio, with a sailing ships vignette at right. The issuing authority inscription runs across the upper portion of the note, flanked by decorative guilloche panels. Designer and engraver credits appear in the lower margin. |
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| Protection type | Watermark |
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The Institut d'Émission de l'Afrique Équatoriale Française et du Cameroun was created in 1955 as France began restructuring the monetary architecture of its Central African territories ahead of decolonization — a process that would render this issuing authority obsolete within just a few years. The 1957 date places this note in the final phase of French Equatorial Africa as a political unit; by 1960, the four constituent territories had each achieved independence and the franc zone was reorganized accordingly.
Hourriez and Chapon were both staff engravers at the Banque de France, working within a house tradition that prized intaglio depth over decorative novelty. Pierre Munier's design work for French colonial issues of this period is consistent across several denominations — competent and precise, but not individualized in any way that distinguishes this note from its siblings in the series.