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10 Francs - Voltaire type 1963
| Issuer | Banque de France |
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| Year | 1963-1973 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Reverse lettering | 10 BANQUE DE FRANCE 10 L'ARTICLE 139 DU CODE PÉNAL PUNIT DE LA RÉCLUSION CRIMINELLE A PERPETUITE CEUX QUI AURONT CONTREFAIT OU FALSIFIÉ LES BILLETS DE BANQUE AUTORISÉS PAR LA LOI, AINSI QUE CEUX QUI AURONT FAIT USAGE DE CES BILLETS CONTREFAITS OU FALSIFIÉS. CEUX QUI LES AURONT INTRODUITS EN FRANCE SERONT PUNIS DE LA MÊME PEINE. |
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| Variants | P#147a - 04.01.1963 - 02.12.1965 / 04.01.1963 signatures: Gouin d'Ambrières / Gargam / Tondu P#147b - 06.01.1966 - 06.04.1967 / 03.02.1966 signatures: Morant / Gargam / Tondu P#147c - 06.07.1967 - 04.02.1971 signatures: Bouchet / Morant / Tondu P#147d - 03.06.1971 - 06.12.1973 signatures: Bouchet / Morant / Vergnes |
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France's shift to new francs in 1960 left the Banque de France needing a redesigned small-denomination note that felt contemporary without abandoning the house engraving tradition. Armanelli and Poilliot — both staff engravers at the Imprimerie — handled the intaglio work on this note, and it shows: the depth of field in the lettering and border work reflects the high technical standard the Imprimerie maintained through the 1960s.
The series ran for a full decade across four signature combinations, the last pairing of Bouchet, Morant, and Vergnes dating to late 1973. Heavy circulation wear is the rule on surviving examples — a decade-long 10-franc note doesn't often come back clean.