100 Francs - Sully type 1939

€206,018.00
IssuerFrance
Year1935-1942
TypeStandard banknote
Value100 Francs
CurrencyFranc (1795-1959)
CompositionPaper
Size180 × 92 mm
ShapeRectangular
PrinterBanque de France, France
No. printed
Designer(s)Lucien Hector Jonas
Engraver(s)Ernest Deloche
In circulation to4 June 1945
Reference(s) P#94
Obverse descriptionOn 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 descriptionOn 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 typeWatermark
Protection descriptionHeads of Ceres and Mercury in profile to the left, drawn by Henri Bellery-Desfontaines
Obverse lettering100 BANQUE DE FRANCE 100 CENT FRANCS
(Translation: 100 Bank of France 100 One Hundred Francs)
Reverse lettering100 | 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)
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Catalog ID9724187330
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