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100 Francs
| Issuer | Trésor Public |
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| Year | 1955 |
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| Value | 100 Francs (100 Franken) |
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| Reverse description | A draped allegorical female figure is seated to the right, set against an elaborate background of architectural elements and floral ornamentation. The denomination numeral "100" appears on both sides of the central vignette, with the anti-counterfeiting legal warning inscription running along the lower portion of the note. |
| Reverse lettering | 100 | 100 LE CONTREFACTEUR SERA PUNI DES PEI- NES PREVUES PAR LA LOI. |
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| Comments |
The Trésor Public franc notes issued for use in France during the mid-1950s were military script in all but name — intended for Allied personnel and administered through a parallel channel to prevent occupation-era currency manipulation from recurring. The P#M11 series sits in that uneasy postwar administrative zone where the Finance Ministry, not the Banque de France, held issuing authority, yet the Banque's own presses and engravers did the work.
Beltrand and Broutin were among the most accomplished intaglio engravers working in Paris at the time. Their presence on a note of this type reflects how seriously France took even its auxiliary currency production.