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1000 Francs - Cérès and Mercure type 1927 modificated
| Issuer | Banque de France |
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| Year | 1937-1940 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Reverse lettering | 1000 | BANQUE DE FRANCE | 1000 CH. WALHAIN FEC E. DELOCHE SC. |
| Signature(s) | 08.07.1937 - 26.08.1937 - Strohl / Boyer / Favre-Gilly 04.11.1937 - 23.12.1937 - Strohl / Rousseau / Favre-Gilly 24.03.1938 - 25.07.1940 / 28.07.1938 - de Bletterie / Rousseau / Favre-Gilly |
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The "Cérès et Mercure" 1000 Franc type first appeared in 1927 and was modified for this later run, which ran through the fall of France in June 1940 — the final signature date of 25 July 1940 falls just weeks after the armistice, meaning the last notes of this series were issued under the Vichy-era Banque de France. Walhain designed and Deloche engraved the plates, a pairing responsible for several high-denomination Banque de France issues of the interwar period.
The three-signature authentication system — Secrétaire Général, Caissier Principal, Gouverneur — rotated through multiple officeholders across the date range, giving collectors a fairly precise tool for dating individual notes within the series.