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France 100 Francs 1939-1942

France 100 Francs 1939-1942
Product Code:
FR-94
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Historic value:
32.00
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100 Francs 1939-1942 (Front: Allegoric laureate woman - France - with child; Aerial view of the heart of Paris and the Notre-Dame; Back: Château de Sully-sur-Loire, Loiret, near Orleans, south of Paris; A grazing and tillage scene; French bishop, Bishop of Paris and an architect, Maurice de Sully (1120-1196), who began building Notre Dame de Paris; (Maximilien de Bethune, Baron de Rosny, Duke of Sully); Signatures: P. Rousseau, R. Favre-Gilly; Work by: Lucien Jonas; Engraved by: Emile Deloche; Watermark: Mercury and Ceres (Bacchus = Dionysus?))

Dimensions: 179 x 91 mm

Catalogue Number: P-94

Legal Tender Status: This banknote circulated between 13th of August 1940 and 4th of June 1945.

Texts: Banque de France; Cent Francs; Le Caissier Général; Le Secrétaire Général; L'Art. 139 du Code Pénal Punit des Travaux Forcés Ceux qui Auront Contrefait ou Falsifié les Billets de Banques Autorisées par la Loi. Ainsi que Ceux oui Auront Fait Usage de Ces Billets Contrefaits ou Falsifies; "Labourage et Pastourage sont les deux Mamelles de la France" - Sully.