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France 200 Francs 1997

Item Code: FR-159

Front: Portrait of Gustave Eiffel, French engineer (Born in Dijon, on the 15th of December 1832 – died in Paris on
the 27th of December 1923); The silhouette of the Garabit Viaduct, built between 1880 and 1884 by Gustave Eiffel
in the mountainous Massif Central region. Under the metal arch of viaduct, the curved purple, blue, red and yellow
lines forming concentric circles are inspired by a aerodynamic study of Eiffel. In the background is a colorful detail
of a structure reminiscent of the Eiffel Tower, which changes colour from green to blue when the note is tilted;
Sectional view of the Observatory of Nice with Gustave Eiffel dome realized in 1885. Under the watermark one can
distinguish a profile of the Garabit Viaduct; A see-through feature representing the Eiffel Tower is printed in red;
Back: At the foot of the Eiffel Tower, - Champ de Mars at the Exposition Universelle of 1889; In the background, we
see the dome of the Palace of Fine Arts and the Glass Gallery of Machines built for the Exposition of 1889 which
was demolished in the early twentieth century. Up on the left, in red and blue, a stylised detail of the metal
structure of the Eiffel Tower; Watermark: Photographic portrait of Gustave Eiffel at 65 years of age;
Work by: Roger Pfund; Signatures: D. Bruneel, J. Bonnardin, Y. Barroux.

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Original Size: 144 x 80 mm

Texts: Banque de France; Deux Cents Francs; Le Secrétaire Général; Le Controleur Général; Le Caissier Général;
Le contrefaçon ou la falsification des billets de banque et la mise en circulation des billets contrefaits ou
falsifiés sont punies par les articles 442-1 et 442-2 du code pénal de peines pouvant aller jusqu'à trente ans de réclusion criminelle et trois millions de francs d'amende.

Microtext: The following two sentences are printed in microtext: "On peut dire, sans la
moindre exagération, que, jusqu’au commencement de ce siècle, la branche de la physique relative à la
résistance de l’air ne présentait que confusion et incertitudes."; "Le drapeau français est le seul qui ait une
hampe de trois cents mètres."

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