10 francs FRANCE (1950-1958)

in the coin centre personification of France - Marianne's head in a laurel wreath facing left; along the left edge: REPUBLIQUE FRANÇAISE (French Republic); ring of rectangles at the edge

above coin centre in two lines face value: 10 / FRANCS; below year of issue; on the left a rooster - one of symbols of France; below a laurel branch; along the bottom edge motto of France: LIBERTE EGALITE FRATERNITE (liberty, equality, fraternity); ring of rectangles at the edge

plain

7 VII 1950

21 VIII 1969

Georges Guiraud (signature G.GUIRAUD along the right edge of the obverse)

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 below year of issue in the reverse),

plant Beaumont-le-Roger (letter B below year of issue in the reverse)

	Paris	Beaumont-le-Roger
1950	13 534 000	4 807 500
1951	153 689 000	106 866 344
1952	76 810 000	72 345 346
1953	46 272 000	36 465 856
1954	2 207 000	21 634 454
1955	50 034 000	-
1957	26 351 000	-
1958	27 213 00	-

1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954 - no letter (plant Paris) or letter B (plant Beaumont-le-Roger)

Rooster is a symbol of France (Gaul) since the Roman times. This symbol appeared probably during the Roman period based on a wordplay of Latin gallus, which meant both rooster and Celt from Gaul region.