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100 Francs - Young peasant type 1945
| Issuer | Banque de France |
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| Year | 1945-1954 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse lettering | 100 BANQUE DE FRANCE CENT FRANCS LE CAISSIER GÉNÉRAL LE SECRÉTAIRE GÉNÉRAL (Translation: 100 Bank of France 100 Francs The General Cashier The General Secretary) |
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| Reverse lettering | 100 BANQUE DE FRANCE CENT FRANCS LE CONTREFACTEUR SERA PUNI DES TRAVAUX FORCES A PERPÉTUITÉ (Translation: 100 Bank of France 100 Francs The counterfeiter will be punished with forced labour in perpetuity) |
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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 A 100-franc note that represented meaningful value at issue was worth considerably less before the series was withdrawn.