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10 Francs - Colbert
| Issuer | Caisse Centrale de la France d'Outre-Mer |
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| Year | 1947-1949 |
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| Engraver(s) | Obverse: Georges Hourriez Reverse: Auguste Chapon |
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| Obverse description | Portrait of Jean-Baptiste Colbert at centre-left in intaglio engraving, rendered in a classical bust style with period attire and long hair. To the right, a vignette of three sailing ships at sea serves as the central background motif. The denomination numeral "10" appears in red letterpress at both left and right margins, flanked by vertical "MARTINIQUE" inscriptions, with the title "DIX FRANCS" in bold red at top centre. |
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| Protection type | Watermark |
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The Caisse Centrale de la France d'Outre-Mer was established in 1944 specifically to handle currency for French overseas territories liberated from Vichy-controlled monetary systems. This note circulated across a remarkably heterogeneous range of territories — French Guiana, Guadeloupe, Martinique, and Réunion all shared the same issue, distinguished only by overprint or local endorsement in some cases.
Hourriez and Chapon were both senior Banque de France engravers, which explains the unusually high production quality for what was essentially colonial small-denomination paper.