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100 Francs - type 1862 blue indexes
| Issuer | Banque de France |
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| Year | 1860-1866 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Reverse lettering | 100 CENT FRANCS |
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| Protection type | Watermark |
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The "blue indexes" designation refers to the printed serial number and control stamps appearing in blue ink — a deliberate departure from the black-on-white typography used in earlier Banque de France issues, introduced to complicate photographic counterfeiting at a moment when wet-plate collodion photography was becoming dangerously accessible to forgers. The concern was real and well-documented in the bank's internal correspondence of the early 1860s.
Pannemaker was primarily a wood engraver celebrated for reproductive illustration work — his presence on a banknote commission was unusual, reflecting the Banque de France's willingness to draw from fine-art printmaking traditions rather than relying solely on specialist security printers.