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200 Francs - Montesquieu type 1981, alphabets H.042, H.402, 101
| Issuer | Banque de France |
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| Year | 1986-1992 |
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| Reference(s) | P#155, Fay#70 |
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| Obverse lettering | BANQVE DE FRANCE // 200 DEVX CENT FRANCS |
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| Reverse lettering | 200 // 200 BANQVE DE FRANCE |
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The Montesquieu 200 Francs was the first French banknote to be designed by a woman — Pierrette Lambert, whose work on the series was selected through an internal Banque de France competition. Engravers Jubert and Renaud translated her design into intaglio, a process still done entirely at the Chamalières facility, which the Banque de France has operated since 1923.
The alphabets H.042, H.402, and 101 bracket a long production run spanning six years, during which security specifications remained largely unchanged — notably absent were the metallic threads and holograms being adopted elsewhere in Europe at the time.