10 francs FRANCE (1947-1949)

in the coin centre personification of France - small 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
1947	< 41 627 000	< 17 187 500	together with the earlier type
1948	155 945 000	40 499 500
1949	111 972 500	29 517 500

1947-1949 - no letter (plant Paris) or letter B (plant Beaumont-le-Roger)

1948B - mint mark - letter B exactly in the middle between FRATERNITE and the edge or letter B closer to the edge