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1000 Francs - Blue & Pink type 1889
| Issuer | Banque de France |
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| Year | 1889-1926 |
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| Currency | Franc (1795-1959) |
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| Obverse description | Central vignette in intaglio blue presents Hercules supporting allegorical figures of Arts and Science to the left and Commerce and Agriculture to the right, with two winged female figures above holding a medallion enclosing a child resting on a lion. Seated allegorical representations of Law and Justice occupy the lower register. Two oval pink medallions to the left and right bear portraits of Mercury and Ceres, with the legend BANQUE DE FRANCE MILLE FRANCS BARRE FECIT integrated into the border design. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse carries two large seated allegorical groups rendered in intaglio: Commerce and Industry to the left, and Agriculture and Science to the right, set within an elaborate guilloche border framework. The engraver's and designer's credits appear in the lower margin. |
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| Signature(s) | 07.11.1889 - 29.11.1889 - Delmotte, Bertin, Billotte 23.01.1890 - 14.03.1898 - Delmotte, d'Anfreville, Billotte 27.10.1898 - 21.06.1900 - Bouchet, d'Anfreville, Billotte 09.04.1901 - 10.02.1902 - Panhard, d'Anfreville, Giraud 23.10.1902 - 30.12.1905 - Frachon, d'Anfreville, Giraud 02.01.1906 - 23.05.1907 - Frachon, d'Anfreville, Picard 07.05.1908 - 24.01.1919 / 19.06.1914 - Frachon, Laferrière, Picard 15.05.1919 - 27.02.1920 - Aupetit, Laferrière, Picard 15.11.1920 - 29.04.1921 - Emmery, Laferrière, Aupetit 01.05.1922 - 26.06.1926 / 30.09.1925 - Emmery, Platet, Aupetit 01.07.1926 - 16.09.1926 - Emmery, Platet, Strohl |
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