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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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| Printer | Banque de France |
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| Reverse description | Large multicolour intaglio vignette of a fishing scene with a seated woman in the foreground sorting nets at a capstan, accompanied by a child and male fishermen hauling rigging above, a harbour with sailing vessels visible in the background. The issuer name appears in a central cartouche at top, with denomination numerals "100" at upper corners and "CENT FRANCS" at lower right. |
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| Protection type | Watermark |
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The "Jeune Paysan" series was introduced immediately after Liberation as France scrambled to replace Vichy-era and occupation-period notes still in circulation. Poughéon's design was engraved by Beltrand and Régnier — both accomplished intaglio craftsmen whose work for the Banque de France spanned decades — and the result is among the cleaner printings of the immediate postwar years, a period when materials and press consistency were genuinely constrained.
The type ran through 1954, long enough to overlap with the severe inflation that eroded the franc's purchasing power throughout the late 1940s. A 100-franc note that represented meaningful value at issue was worth considerably less before the series was withdrawn.