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1000 Francs - type 1862 succursales
| Issuer | Banque de France |
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| Year | 1860-1862 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse description | Single-sided intaglio engraving on cotton paper within a finely worked architectural border populated with allegorical figures, putti, and classical vignettes at each corner. The central field carries the large italic denomination "mille francs." in letterpress, surmounted by the issuer title and the branch designation "SUCCURSALE DE CHALON-SUR-SAÔNE," with two oval portrait medallions of classical female profiles flanking the composition. Below the central text are four manuscript signature spaces for branch and head-office officials, a central registration cartouche, and the engraver's credit "BARRE FECIT" at the lower border. |
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| Protection type | Watermark |
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The type 1862 succursales thousand-franc note was designed specifically for branch circulation — the succursales being the provincial offices Banque de France had been expanding aggressively since the 1848 centralisation of regional issuing banks. Each note was validated at a specific branch, making surviving examples traceable to particular cities, a detail that matters for provenance-conscious collectors.
Jacques-Jean Barre was chief engraver at the Paris Mint and brought medallic precision to the intaglio work. He died in 1855, meaning the plates were prepared before the window of issue — an unusually long lag between engraving and circulation for a high-denomination instrument.