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1000 Francs - type Germinal
| Issuer | Banque de France |
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| Year | 1804-1812 |
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| Currency | Franc (1795-1959) |
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| Obverse lettering | BANQUE DE FRANCE création du 27 Germinal an Treize mille francs. IL SERA PAYÉ EN ESPÈCES, À VUE, AU PORTEUR. Le Controleur-Général Bon pour Mille francs Paris, le 17 Avril 1805 Le Trésorier-Général, Le Directeur-Général, LOI DU 24 GERMINAL AN XI |
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| Protection description | Text watermark reading "Mille 1000 Fr." incorporated into the paper. |
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The Germinal series takes its name from the republican calendar month — a deliberate cultural marker that survived well into the Napoleonic period even as Bonaparte dismantled most other revolutionary symbols. Andrieu was Napoleon's preferred medallist, responsible for the coinage portraits of the Consulate and Empire, and his involvement here reflects the government's intent to treat the banknote as a prestige object rather than a purely functional instrument. Percier, meanwhile, was co-architect of the Empire style itself, responsible with Fontaine for the interior of the Tuileries.
The Banque de France had been founded only in 1800, and public trust in paper currency remained fragile after the catastrophic assignat collapse of the 1790s. These notes circulated in an atmosphere of active suspicion.