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1 silver shilling - Royaume des Francs Charles Martel
| Issuer | France |
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| Year | 2016 |
| Type | Fantasy banknote |
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| Obverse description | Central vignette presents a full-length statue of Charles Martel by sculptor Jean Baptiste Joseph De Bay père (1779–1863), from the Galerie du Château de Versailles. A medallion at lower left contains a portrait of Charles Martel after Guillaume Rouillé's 1553 work "Promptuarii Iconum Insigniorum." Denomination and legends frame the composition within an ornate engraved border. |
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| Reverse lettering | 1 REGNUM FRANCORUM 1 1 SOLIDO UNO 1 STEBBINS & GABRIS |
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This is a fantasy note — there was no "Royaume des Francs" issuing paper currency under Charles Martel, who died in 741 AD, roughly a millennium before banknotes existed in Europe. Designed by Matej Gabris and Thomas Stebbins, it belongs to the small but persistent genre of numismatic art notes produced for the collector market, with no legal tender status anywhere.
Gabris has produced dozens of similar fantasy issues under various historical and fictional frameworks. The watermark security feature is an unusual touch for the genre — most such pieces omit it entirely.