| Issuer | French Guiana |
| Year | 1961 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
| Value | 10 New Francs |
| Currency | New Franc (1961) |
| Composition | Paper |
| Size | 185 × 99 mm |
| Shape | Rectangular |
| Printer | Banque de France, France |
| No. printed | |
| Designer(s) | Obverse: Robert Poughéon Reverse: William Fel |
| Engraver(s) | Obverse: Georges Hourriez Reverse: Robert Armanelli |
| In circulation to | |
| Reference(s) | P#32 |
| Obverse description | Multicolor. The overprint `GUYANE` repeated twice is printed in red. The wording and the value `1000` in numbers and letters are printed in dark blue. Numbering and signature are printed in black. On the right, the symbol of the French Union with a woman from metropolitan France looking at a West Indian woman in front of a palm grove. Blue overprint `CONTRE-VALEUR DE 10 NOUVEAUX FRANCS` at center. |
| Reverse description | Multicolor. Caribbean woman wearing a madras in front of a canoe sailing at sunset. At the bottom of the back, article 139 of the Penal Code is printed in a blue cartouche. |
| Signature(s) | |
| Protection type | |
| Protection description | |
| Obverse lettering | GUYANE
1000
CAISSE CENTRALE DE LA
FRANCE D`OUTRE-MER
GUYANE
MILLE FRANCS
CONTRE-VALEUR DE 10 NOUVEAUX FRANCS
GUYANE
R. POUGHEON FEC. HOURRIEZ SC. (Translation: Guiana Central Fund of Overseas France Thousand Francs Counter-value of Ten New Francs Guiana) |
| Reverse lettering | GUYANE
CAISSE CENTRALE DE LA
FRANCE D`OUTRE-MER
1000
GUYANE
L`ARTICLE 139 DU CODE PÉNAL PUNIT
DES TRAVAUX FORCÉS CEUX QUI AURONT CONTREFAIT OU FALSIFIÉ
LES BILLETS DE BANQUE AUTORISÉES PAR LA LOI
W. FEL FEC. R. ARMANELLI SC. (Translation: Guiana Central Fund of Overseas France Article 139 of the Penal Code punishes forced Labor those who have counterfeited or falsified banknotes authorized by Law.) |
| Variants | January 2, 1911 |
| Catalog ID | 7035083260 |
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