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400 Sols = 20 Livres Tournois
| Issuer | Caisse d'Échange, Caen |
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| Year | 1801 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse description | The obverse is set within a fine typographic border with a decorative guilloche panel at left incorporating an ornate interlaced monogram. The central text panel bears the issuer name CAISSE D'ÉCHANGE in large letterpress type, followed by the address Rue des Quais and city Caen, with a circular seal vignette at upper right. The promise-to-pay text is printed in period French letterpress, specifying payment of QUATRE CENTS SOLS in copper coin or VINGT livres tournois, dated 1er Thermidor an 9, with the series and number designations and the manuscript signature of the Caissier Delaville at lower right. |
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| Obverse lettering | CAISSE D'ÉCHANGE, à Caen 400 sols ou 20 l. tournois. 1er Thermidor an 9. Série B. No CAISSE D'ÉCHANGE, Rue des Quais, No , à Caen. La Caisse paiera à vue au Porteur, QUATRE CENTS SOLS, monnaie de cuivre, tels qu'elle les a reçus, ou à défaut VINGT livres tournois. Vu Caen, le 1er Thermidor an 9. Pour les Intéressés, Série B, No (20th) Caissier. |
| Reverse description | The reverse presents a show-through impression of the obverse letterpress text, visible in mirror image through the thin period paper, with no independently printed design elements on this side. The left margin retains a partial impression of the ornate guilloche column, and the text block of the promise-to-pay is legible in reverse. The note is otherwise plain, consistent with the simple single-sided printing practice of early French provincial exchange notes. |
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