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10 Nouveaux Francs
| Issuer | Institut d'Émission des Départements d'Outre-Mer |
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| Year | 1961 |
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| Printer | Banque de France |
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| Obverse description | The obverse carries a large vignette of two figures from the French Overseas Departments: at left, a woman in a broad woven straw hat rendered in intaglio, and at right, a seated man with a basket of goods. The underprint is composed of delicate multicolour guilloche patterns, with the original denomination of 1000 MILLE FRANCS overprinted with the revalued counter-value inscription CONTRE-VALEUR DE / 10 NOUVEAUX FRANCS in red. The border margins bear a repeating letterpress legend naming the territories Guadeloupe, Guyane, and Martinique, with the issuer's name INSTITUT D'ÉMISSION DES DÉPARTEMENTS D'OUTRE-MER at the top centre flanked by the numeral 1000. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse presents a lively tropical scene in multicolour intaglio, with a woman balancing a large tray of tropical fruit on her head at left, and a second figure amid lush banana foliage at right. Colourful butterflies and tropical flora form decorative vignettes in the side margins against the repeating Guadeloupe, Guyane, Martinique border legend. The central panel carries the issuer's full name INSTITUT D'ÉMISSION DES DÉPARTEMENTS D'OUTRE-MER in bold lettering above the large denomination inscription MILLE FRANCS, with a legal text panel at lower left. |
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| Protection type | Watermark |
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