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10 Nouveaux Francs
| Issuer | Trésor Public |
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| Year | 1960 |
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| Currency | Nouveau Franc (1960-1963) |
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| Obverse lettering | TRÉSOR PUBLIC 1000 MILLE FRANCS CONTRE-VALEUR DE 10 NOUVEAUX FRANCS VALABLE EN ALLEMAGNE POUR LES FORCES FRANÇAISES ET LES PERSONNES AUTORISÉES PAR ELLES |
| Reverse description | Central vignette presents a profile bust of Ceres facing right, her hair braided and adorned with flowers and foliage, holding a sheaf of wheat. Three doves in flight appear at upper left against a clouded sky. The upper border reads 'TRÉSOR PUBLIC' flanked by the numeral '1000', with 'MILLE FRANCS' inscribed in the lower border panel above the anti-counterfeiting warning. |
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The Trésor Public series for French territories in the early 1960s reflects Paris's effort to maintain fiscal control over overseas departments and territories during a period of rapid decolonization. The "Nouveaux Francs" denomination itself dates from the January 1960 revaluation, in which 100 old francs were converted to 1 nouveau franc — a reform designed to stabilize confidence and simplify accounting after years of postwar inflation.
Pick 14A is scarcer than the broader series suggests. Many of these notes were repatriated and destroyed once individual territories established their own issuing authorities, and actual circulated survivors are harder to locate than catalog frequency implies.