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5 New Francs / 500 Francs School education money
| Issuer | Librairie Armand Colin |
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| Year | 1958-1959 |
| Type | Fantasy banknote |
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| Obverse lettering | BANQUE DE FRANCE LIBRAIRIE ARMAND COLIN BILLET FACTICE À USAGE SCOLAIRE 5 NF CINQ NOUVEAUX FRANCS MATÉRIEL A. COLIN LE CONTROLEUR GÉNÉRAL LE CAISSIER GÉNÉRAL SECRÉTAIRE GÉNÉRAL F.2-7-1959.F. |
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| Reverse lettering | BANQUE DE FRANCE LIBRAIRIE ARMAND COLIN BILLET FACTICE À USAGE SCOLAIRE 500 CINQ CENTS FRANCS MATÉRIEL A. COLIN LE CONTROLEUR GÉNÉRAL LE CAISSIER GÉNÉRAL SECRÉTAIRE GÉNÉRAL D.30-10-1958.D. |
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Armand Colin was among the most respected French educational publishers of the twentieth century, and this piece was issued as a classroom pedagogical tool — scolaire money used to teach children arithmetic and the mechanics of commerce, not for any transaction with monetary value. The denomination pairing of "5 Nouveaux Francs / 500 Francs" reflects the exact moment of the 1960 redenomination, when de Gaulle's government introduced the nouveau franc at a rate of 100 old francs to one new — meaning this note was printed in 1958–59 to be current on both sides of that transition.
That dual-denomination feature makes it a precise document of the redenomination's public communication effort, even in a schoolroom context.