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100 Francs - Young peasant type 1945
| Issuer | Banque de France |
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| Year | 1945-1954 |
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| Currency | Franc (1795-1959) |
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| Obverse lettering | 100 BANQUE DE FRANCE CENT FRANCS LE CAISSIER GÉNÉRAL LE SECRÉTAIRE GÉNÉRAL (Translation: 100 Bank of France One Hundred Francs The Chief Cashier The Secretary General) |
| Reverse description | Large allegorical intaglio composition centred on a seated fisherman in classical drapery, surrounded by a fishing family with nets, ropes, and a capstan, with a harbour scene visible in the background. The "BANQUE DE FRANCE" inscription is set within a guilloche panel at upper centre, flanked by the numeral "100" at each corner. The anti-counterfeiting warning legend appears in a rectangular cartouche at lower centre. |
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| Signature(s) | 07.11.1945 - 09.01.1947 / 31.05.1946 - Rousseau & Favre-Gilly 03.04.1947 - 19.05.1949 - Rousseau & Gargam 29.06.1950 - 16.11.1950 - Cormier & Gargam 06.09.1951 - 01.04.1954 / 02.11.1951 - Gouin d'Ambrières & Gargam correct watermark (hair parted on her left) 02.10.1952, 06.08.1953, 01.10.1953, 07.01.1954, 04.03.1954 & 01.04.1954 - Gouin d'Ambrières & Gargam watermark reversed (hair parted on her right) 17.07.1947 - Rousseau & Favre-Gilly series 203 & 204 |
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