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1000 Francs - type 1862 black indexes
| Issuer | Banque de France |
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| Year | 1867-1882 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Reverse description | Printed in blue-grey intaglio, the reverse presents a symmetrical neoclassical composition centred on a large blank panel reserved for the watermark, framed by a decorative guilloche border. Two seated allegorical female figures — one holding scales at left, the other with a cornucopia at right — flank the central panel, while a small oval portrait medallion of Minerva appears at the top centre. The lower register contains three horizontal panels with an eagle-and-fleur-de-lis vignette at centre, and the background is filled with a diaper pattern of six-pointed stars. |
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| Protection type | Watermark |
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The type 1862 series marked Banque de France's move toward more sophisticated anti-counterfeiting engraving after a wave of forgeries had embarrassed the institution in the 1850s. Jacques-Jean Barre was the Graveur Général de la Monnaie — his involvement borrowed from the mint's own tradition of intaglio craftsmanship rather than the commercial printing trade.
"Black indexes" distinguishes this issue by the color of its serial number and reference marks — a production variable used internally to track print runs across what became a fifteen-year emission window, unusually long even by Banque de France standards.