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20 Francs - Debussy type 1980
| Issuer | Banque de France |
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| Year | 1980-1989 |
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| Value | 20 Francs (20 FRF) |
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| Obverse description | Central intaglio vignette of composer Claude Debussy (1862–1918), after the 1884 portrait by Marcel Baschet painted at the Villa Medici in Rome, now held at the Musée d'Orsay. The background carries a marine-themed underprint referencing Debussy's orchestral work La Mer. Inscriptions read BANQUE DE FRANCE and VINGT FRANCS, with the numeral 20. |
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| Obverse lettering | Banque de France Vingt Francs Claude Debussy 20 (Translation: Bank of France Twenty Francs Claude Debussy 20) |
| Reverse description | A mirror-image vignette of Debussy in three-quarter profile, set against a scene of the fountain of the blind from Pelléas et Mélisande, his celebrated musical drama. The composition employs fine intaglio line work with guilloche patterning framing the central motif. The numeral 20 and the statutory counterfeiting warning in letterpress appear alongside the BANQUE DE FRANCE inscription. |
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