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50 Francs
| Issuer | Trésor Public |
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| Year | 1963 |
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| Printer | Imprimerie Nationale |
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| Reverse description | Central vignette presents an allegorical female figure in a draped veil, shown in close profile, holding a sleeping child, surrounded by a wreath of blooming roses in pink and green tones against a rural landscape background. The issuer name 'TRÉSOR PUBLIC' is inscribed across the top panel, flanked by the numeral '50' in each upper corner. The denomination 'CINQUANTE FRANCS' appears along the lower margin above a guilloche band, with a counterfeiting warning legend in the bottom border. |
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| Protection description | Watermark visible in the paper, typical of French Treasury issues of the period. |
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| Comments |
The Trésor Public issues for French overseas territories and administered zones in the early 1960s occupy an awkward position in French monetary history — neither fully metropolitan currency nor the purpose-built colonial issues of the Banque de France's overseas subsidiaries. This 50 Francs belongs to that transitional administrative infrastructure, printed by the Imprimerie Nationale in Paris under direct state authority rather than through a central bank intermediary.
The P#10A designation suggests at least one variant exists in the series, likely a signature or control number difference.