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100 Francs
| Issuer | Grand-Duché de Luxembourg (Recette Générale) |
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| Year | 1934 |
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| Currency | Franc (1854-2001) |
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| Obverse description | Portrait vignette of Grand Duchess Charlotte in oval frame at left, wearing a tiara and pearl necklace, rendered in intaglio. The Luxembourg coat of arms appears centrally between two denomination numerals '100', with elaborate guilloche underprint in green tones throughout. Two signature lines appear below the arms, captioned 'La Recette Générale' and 'Le Directeur Général des Finances', with the inscription 'CENT FRANCS' along the lower margin. |
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| Reverse description | Central vignette of a classical allegorical female figure seated at left, resting beside a globe and drapery, with a panoramic view of the Adolphe Bridge and the city of Luxembourg in the background. The design is executed in green intaglio with ornate guilloche borders framing the scene, and denomination numerals '100' in each lateral panel. The legend 'GROSZHERZOGTUM LUXEMBURG' arches across the top, with 'HUNDERT FRANKEN' inscribed below the central vignette. |
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The Recette Générale — Luxembourg's general revenue office rather than a central bank — issued this note under an arrangement that persisted well into the interwar period, reflecting the Grand Duchy's unusual monetary situation as a participant in the Belgian-Luxembourg Economic Union of 1921. Belgian francs circulated alongside Luxembourg's own issues, and local paper currency occupied a peculiar secondary role as a result.
American Bank Note Company's involvement here is no accident — ABNC held contracts across a number of small European states during the 1930s whose domestic printing infrastructure couldn't meet security standards. P#39 is among the final issues from this institutional arrangement before Luxembourg's monetary apparatus was reorganized in the late 1930s.