10 New Francs Overprint on 1000 Francs

€396,352.00
IssuerFrench Guiana
Year1961
TypeStandard banknote
Value10 New Francs
CurrencyNew Franc (1961)
CompositionPaper
Size185 × 99 mm
ShapeRectangular
PrinterBanque 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 descriptionMulticolor. 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 descriptionMulticolor. 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.
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Protection description
Obverse letteringGUYANE 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 letteringGUYANE 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.)
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Catalog ID7035083260
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