10 Francs - Colbert

€241,815.00
IssuerRéunion (1848-date)
Year1947
TypeStandard banknote
Value10 Francs
CurrencyFranc (1816-1965)
CompositionPaper
Size118 × 64 mm
ShapeRectangular
PrinterBanque de France, France
No. printed
Designer(s)Pierre Munier
Engraver(s)Obverse: Georges Hourriez
Reverse: Auguste Chapon
In circulation to
Reference(s) P#42
Obverse descriptionMukticolor. Portrait of Jean-Baptiste Colbert at left, sailing ships at right. Overprinted `LA REUNION` on margins of P#21 note from French Equatorial Africa.
Reverse descriptionMulticolor. Fruits and boat on river.
Signature(s)
Protection typeWatermark
Protection descriptionAnchor and small boats.
Obverse letteringLA RÉUNION 10 | DIX FRANCS | 10 LE DIRECTEUR GÉNÉRAL, LA RÉUNION COLBERT CAISSE CENTRALE DE LA FRANCE D`OUTRE-MER P MUNIER FEC. | LA REUNION | HOURRIEZ SC
(Translation: Reunion Ten Francs Colbert Central Fund of Overseas France Reunion)
Reverse letteringLA RÉUNION 10 | 10 CAISSE CENTRALE DE LA FRANCE D`OUTRE-MER LA RÉUNION L`ARTICLE 139 DU CODE PENAL PUNIT DES TRAVAUX FORCES CEUX QUI AURONT CONTRE FAIT OU FALSIFIE LES BILLETS DE BANQUE AUTORISES PAR LA LOI P MUNIER FEC | LA RÉUNION | A.CHAPON SC.
(Translation: Reunion 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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Catalog ID6695266820
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