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1000 Francs - Marianne type 1945

Issuer French Treasury (Trésor Central)
Year 1945
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Printer Thomas De La Rue & Company, London, United Kingdom
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Obverse description Central medallion on the left bearing a portrait vignette of Marianne de Dulac in profile, wearing a Phrygian cap. The composition is framed by elaborate guilloche work and intricate geometric underprint patterns typical of Dulac's wartime British-printed French Treasury issues.
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Reverse description The reverse is dominated by dense guilloche rosette work at centre, flanked symmetrically by two rectangular panels each inscribed MILLE FRANCS, set within an overall geometric lattice border of fine intaglio line engraving. A small text block at the bottom centre carries the legal warning against counterfeiting.
Reverse lettering REPUBLIQUE FRANCAISE TRESOR CENTRAL LIBERTE EGALITE FRATERNITE 1000 FRANCS MILLE | MILLE FRANCS | FRANCS L`ARTICLE 1939 DU CODE PENAL PUNIT DES TRAVAUX FORCES A PERPETUITE CEUX QUI AURONT CONTREFAIT OU FALSIFIE DES EFFETS EMIS PAR LE TRESOR PUBLIC AVEC SON TIMBRE OU QUI AURONT FAIT USAGE DE CES EFFETS CONTREFAITS OU FALSIFIES.
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