10 francs FRANCE (1945-1947)

in the coin centre personification of France - large Marianne's head in Phrygian cap and a laurel wreath facing right; along the left edge: REPVBLIQVE, along the right one: FRANÇAISE (REPUBLIQUE FRANÇAISE - French Republic); ring of rectangles at the edge

above the coin centre in two lines face value: 10 / FRANCS; below year of issue; below in three lines motto of France: LIBERTE / EGALITE / FRATERNITE (liberty, equality, fraternity); a cereal ear on each side of the inscription; ring of rectangles at the edge

reeded

16 VII 1945

7 VII 1953

Pierre Turin (signature P.TURIN below Marianne's neck along the obverse bottom)

La Monnaie de Paris (The Paris Mint) (mint mark before year of issue in the reverse, after year of issue privy mark of mint's director Lucien Bazor - wing)

plant Paris (no letter on the reverse bottom),

plant Beaumont-le-Roger (letter B on the reverse bottom)

	Paris	Beaumont-le-Roger
1945	6 557 000	-
1946	24 409 000	8 452 000
1947	< 41 627 000	< 17 187 500	together with the later type

1946, 1947 - no letter (plant Paris) or letter B (plant Beaumont-le-Roger)

1945, 1946, 1946B - long or short laurel leaves above Marianne's forehead in the obverse