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100 Francs - Ville de Lille / Town of Lille 59
| Issuer | Ville de Lille (Municipality of Lille) |
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| Year | 1917 |
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| Reference(s) | JP1418#59-1629 |
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| Reverse description | Printed entirely in olive-yellow on white paper, the reverse is covered with a dense guilloche rosette underprint pattern forming the background. The arms of Lille appear in the upper-left and lower-right corners, while octagonal cartouches bearing the numeral '100' are placed in the upper-right and lower-left. A central circular medallion, framed by a guilloche ring, contains the anti-counterfeiting legal warning text, and a rectangular panel at the bottom centre carries the validation notice regarding the dry stamp of the City Control Service. |
| Reverse lettering | L'article 139 du Code pénal punit des travaux forcés à perpétuité ceux qui auraient contrefait ou falsifié les billets de banque autorisés par la loi, ainsi que ceux qui auront fait usage de ces billets contrefaits ou falsifiés. Ceux qui les auront introduits sur le territoire français seront punis de la même peine. Le présent bon n'est valable que s'il est frappé du timbre sec du Service du Contrôle de la Ville |
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| Protection description | A dry embossed stamp from the City Control Service (Service du Contrôle de la Ville) was required to validate each note; notes lacking this impression were declared invalid. |
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