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2 Livres 10 Sous Tournois
| Issuer | Intendance Générale des Colonies |
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| Year | 1788 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse description | Plain typeset note printed in black on cream paper, enclosed within a simple rectangular border. The heading ISLES DE FRANCE ET DE BOURBON. appears at the top, followed by a handwritten serial number field (N°), then the body text authorising circulation of the note per the Royal Edict of 10 June 1788. The denomination DEUX LIVRES DIX SOUS is set in bold reverse-printed lettering within a solid black band near the lower centre, with three manuscript signatures of the Commissaires des Colonies appearing below. |
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| Obverse lettering | ISLES DE FRANCE ET DE BOURBON BILLET DE DEUX LIVRES DIX SOUS TOURNOIS QUI AURA COURS AUX ISLES DE FRANCE ET DE BOURBON CONFORMEMENT A L'EDIT DU ROI, DU 10 JUIN 1788 DEUX LIVRES DIX SOUS COMMISSAIRE DES COLONIES COMMISSAIRE DES COLONIES |
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The Intendance Générale des Colonies administered French overseas territories from Versailles, and this note belongs to a colonial monetary system deliberately kept separate from metropolitan French finance. The 1788 date places it squarely in the final years of the Ancien Régime — within a year, the assignat experiment would begin reshaping French monetary thinking entirely, and colonial paper issues like this one would become administrative afterthoughts.
The livre tournois denomination persisted in French colonial accounting long after it had effectively been superseded in mainland France, which is why this note reads as tournois rather than simply livres.