| Émetteur | France |
|---|---|
| Année | 1980-1989 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
| Valeur | 20 Francs (20 FRF) |
| Devise | New franc (1960-2001) |
| Composition | Paper |
| Dimensions | 140 × 75 mm |
| Forme | Rectangular |
| Imprimeur | |
| Designer(s) | Bernard Taurelle |
| Graveur(s) | Obverse: Jacques Jubert Reverse: Jacques Hérouard |
| En circulation jusqu’à | 17 February 2012 |
| Référence(s) | P#151 |
| Description de l’avers | The French musician Claude Debussy (1862 -1918) after the portrait painted by Marcel Baschet at the Villa Medici in Rome in 1884 and kept at the Musée d`Orsay. In the background, decoration on the theme of `the Sea`, work of the musician |
|---|---|
| Légende de l’avers | Banque de France Vingt Francs Claude Debussy 20 (Translation: Bank of France Twenty Francs Claude Debussy 20) |
| Description du revers | Portrait of Debussy in the reverse of the front, in the background scene of the fountain of the blind in Pelléas et Mélisande, musical drama |
| Légende du revers | Banque de France 20 L`ARTICLE 139 DU CODE PÉNAL PUNIT DE LA RÉCLUSION CRIMINELLE A PERPETUITE CEUX QUI AURONT CONTREFAIT OU FALSIFIE LES BILLETS DE BANQUE AUTORISÉS PAR LA LOI, AINSI QUE CEUX QUI AURONT FAIT USAGE DE CES BILLETS CONTREFAITS OU FALSIFIES. CEUX QUI LES AURONT INTRODUITS EN FRANCE SERONT PUNIS DE LA MÊME PEINE. (Translation: Bank of France 50 Article 139 of the Penal Code punishes with life imprisonment those who counterfeit of falsify banknotes authorized by the law, also those who pass counterfeit or falsified notes. Those who introduce them into France will receive the same punishment.) |
| Signature(s) | |
| Type de protection | Watermark |
| Description de la protection | Head of DEBUSSY of three quarters. |
| Variantes | January 2, 1911 |
| ID Numisquare | 1365788250 |
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