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{{Infobox currency
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|image_1 =
|image_2 =
|iso_code =
|using_countries = <small>{{flagicon|France}}</small> {{wipe|France}}, under allied-occupation
|inflation_rate =
|inflation_source_date =
|subunit_ratio_1 =
|subunit_name_1 =
|symbol =
|symbol_subunit_1 =
|nickname =''Billet drapeau''
|plural =
|plural_subunit_1 = 
|used_banknotes = 2, 5, 10, 50, 100, 500, 1,000, 5,000 francs
|issuing_authority = Allied Military Government for Occupied Territories
|printer =
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|obsolete = yes
}}

The '''"flag ticket" franc''' ({{lang-fr|Billet drapeau}}) was a [[Finance:Currency|currency]] issued by the {{wipe|United States}} for use in Allied-occupied {{wipe|France}} in the wake of the Battle of Normandy. With the swift take-over of sovereignty by General Charles de Gaulle, who considered the US occupation franc as "counterfeit money", the currency rapidly faded out of use in favour of the pre-war [[Finance:French franc|French franc]].

{| class="wikitable"
|+ Specimen type set of the Supplemental French Franc, First Issue (1944)
|-
! scope="col" style="width:40px;"| Denomination
! scope="col" style="width:40px;"| Obverse
! scope="col" style="width:40px; "| Reverse
|-
! scope="row"|<span style="display:none">2</span>2 Francs
|[[File:FRA-114s-Allied Military Currency-2 Francs (1944).jpg|100px]]
|[[File:FRA-114-Allied Military Currency-Reverse for 2, 5, 10 Franc notes (1944).jpg|100px]]
|-
! scope="row"|<span style="display:none">5</span>5 Francs
|[[File:FRA-115s-Allied Military Currency-5 Francs (1944).jpg|100px]]
|[[File:FRA-114-Allied Military Currency-Reverse for 2, 5, 10 Franc notes (1944).jpg|100px]]
|-
! scope="row"|<span style="display:none">10</span>10 Francs
|[[File:FRA-116s-Allied Military Currency-10 Francs (1944).jpg|100px]]
|[[File:FRA-114-Allied Military Currency-Reverse for 2, 5, 10 Franc notes (1944).jpg|100px]]
|-
! scope="row"|<span style="display:none">50</span>50 Francs
|[[File:FRA-117s-Allied Military Currency-50 Francs (1944).jpg|200px]]
|[[File:FRA-117-Allied Military Currency- Reverse for 50, 100, 500, 1000, 5000 Franc notes (1944).jpg|200px]]
|-
! scope="row"|<span style="display:none">100</span>100 Francs
|[[File:FRA-118s-Allied Military Currency-100 Francs (1944).jpg|200px]]
|[[File:FRA-117-Allied Military Currency- Reverse for 50, 100, 500, 1000, 5000 Franc notes (1944).jpg|200px]]
|-
! scope="row"|<span style="display:none">500</span>500 Francs
|[[File:FRA-119s-Allied Military Currency-500 Francs (1944).jpg|200px]]
|[[File:FRA-117-Allied Military Currency- Reverse for 50, 100, 500, 1000, 5000 Franc notes (1944).jpg|200px]]
|-
! scope="row"|<span style="display:none">1000</span>1,000 Francs
|[[File:FRA-120s-Allied Military Currency-1000 Francs (1944).jpg|200px]]
|[[File:FRA-117-Allied Military Currency- Reverse for 50, 100, 500, 1000, 5000 Franc notes (1944).jpg|200px]]
|-
! scope="row"|<span style="display:none">5000</span>5,000 Francs
|[[File:FRA-121s-Allied Military Currency-5000 Francs (1944).jpg|200px]]
|[[File:FRA-117-Allied Military Currency- Reverse for 50, 100, 500, 1000, 5000 Franc notes (1944).jpg|200px]]
|-
|}

== Gallery ==

{{Gallery
|title=AMC Francs
|width=160
|height=170
|align=center
|Image:AMC france 100 franc-1.jpg|100
|Image:AMC france 50 franc-2.jpg|50
|Image:Billet drapeau de 5 francs recto.jpg|5
|Image:Billet drapeau de 2 francs recto.jpg|2
|Image:Billet drapeau de 2 francs verso.jpg|2
|
}}

== See also ==
*Franc CFA

== External links ==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20060507015256/http://www.rall.com/longarticle_011.htm Dubious Liberators: Allied Plans to Occupy France, 1942-1944], by Ted Rall (archived from [http://www.rall.com/longarticle_011.htm the original]).


[[Category:Currency symbols]]



{{Sourceattribution|AM-Franc}}