On the left, bust of a woman crowned with laurels symbolizing France, and on the right a child holding a medallion framed by bunches of grapes. In the background, an aerial view of Paris centered on the Île de la Cité.
Reverse description
On the right, bust of Sully (Maximilien de Béthune, duc de Sully) facing left, holding a parchment in old French. In the background, the castle of Sully-sur-Loire and countryside landscape with various animals.
Signature(s)
René Favre-Gilly, Pierre Rousseau,
Protection type
Watermark
Protection description
Heads of Ceres and Mercury in profile to the left, drawn by
Henri Bellery-Desfontaines
Obverse lettering
100 BANQUE DE FRANCE 100
CENT
FRANCS (Translation: 100 Bank of France 100 One Hundred Francs)
Reverse lettering
100 | 100
BANQUE DE FRANCE
L`ART 139 DU CODE PENAL PUNIT
DES TRAVAUX FORCES CEUX QUI AURONT
CONTREFAIT OU FALSIFIE LES BILLETS DE
BANQUES AUTORISES PAR LA LOI, AINSI QUE
CEUX QUI AURONT FAIT USAGE DE CES
BILLETS CONTREFAITS OU FALSIFIES.
LABOURAGE ET PASTOURAGE SONT LES DEUX MAMELLES DE LA
FRANCE (Translation: 100 | 100 Bank of France Article 139 of the penal code punishes with forced labor those who have counterfeit or forged banknotes authorized by law, as well as those who have made use of these counterfeit or forged notes Plowing and pastourage are the two breasts of France)