1000 Francs - Blue & Pink type 1889

€205,815.00
IssuerFrance
Year1889-1926
TypeStandard banknote
Value1000 Francs
CurrencyFranc (1795-1959)
CompositionPaper
Size235 × 130 mm
ShapeRectangular
Printer
No. printed
Designer(s)Obverse: Designers: Georges Duval, Charles-Jules Robert, Jacques-Jean Barre
Reverse: Designers: Charles Camille Chazal, Georges Duval
Engraver(s)Obverse: Jacques-Jean Barre, Paul Dujardin, Charles-Jules Robert
Reverse: Charles Maurand, Paul Dujardin
In circulation to19 October 1933
Reference(s) P#67
Obverse descriptionHercules supporting the allegories of Arts and Science on the left and Commerce and Agriculture on the right. Above, two winged women hold a medal with a child leaning on a lion. Below, seated allegories of Law and Justice. All in blue. Two medallions on the right and left of Mercury and Ceres, in pink.
Reverse descriptionTwo seated allegories: Commerce and Industry on the left, Agriculture and Science on the right.
Signature(s)
Protection typeWatermark
Protection descriptionReading on the reverse side 1000 FRANCS and BANQUE DE FRANCE
Obverse letteringBANQUE DE FRANCE MILLE FRANCS BARRE FECIT
Reverse letteringCAM-CHAZAL DEL. C. MAURAND SC.
Variants
Catalog ID7744599960
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