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10 francs Voltaire Billet scolaire
| Issuer | Banque de France |
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| Type | Replica banknote |
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| Obverse description | At centre, a portrait of Voltaire after an engraving by Vivant Denon, set against a vignette of the Palais des Tuileries as rendered after a painting by François Raguenet — the view Voltaire would have seen from the apartment in which he died. The denomination numeral '10' appears at left and right, with the issuer title 'BANQUE DE FRANCE' and the legend 'DIX FRANCS' across the face, along with the overprint 'Billet scolaire' identifying this as an educational replica. |
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| Obverse lettering | 10 BANQUE DE FRANCE 10 0340655756 DIX FRANCS LE CONTROLEUR GAL LE CAISSIER GAL Billet scolaire LE SECRETAIRE GAL 55756 PA-2-1965.P. G . 137 |
| Reverse description | At centre, a mirror-image vignette of the Voltaire portrait found on the obverse, reversed in orientation, set against a background illustration of the Château de Cirey, where Voltaire resided from 1733 to 1740. The denomination numeral '10' and the issuer title 'BANQUE DE FRANCE' appear at left and right, with the 'Billet scolaire' overprint and the full statutory anti-counterfeiting warning text occupying the lower portion of the design. |
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