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5 NF - Victor Hugo Billet scolaire
| Issuer | Banque de France |
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| Year | 1960 |
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| Value | 5 Francs (5 FRF) |
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| Obverse description | Portrait vignette of Victor Hugo occupies the right portion of the note, rendered in blue intaglio-style engraving against a guilloche and floral scroll underprint. The centre and left display an architectural vignette of the Panthéon in Paris, flanked by a wheat and foliage motif on the left border. Signature title lines for Le Contrôleur Général, Le Caissier Général, and Le Secrétaire Général appear to the left of centre. |
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| Reverse description | Portrait vignette of Victor Hugo is positioned to the left, with a detailed architectural vignette of his former residence at the Place des Vosges rendered in the centre and right background. The overall colour scheme mirrors the obverse in blue tones, with a bold legal warning inscription occupying the lower portion of the note. |
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The "billets scolaires" were produced by the Banque de France explicitly for classroom instruction — facsimiles distributed to students learning to identify genuine notes and spot forgeries. They were never legal tender and never intended to circulate, which is precisely why surviving examples in any condition are harder to find than many collectors expect; most were simply discarded at the end of the school term.
The 1960 date aligns with the introduction of the nouveau franc series, making this a training aid tied directly to the redenomination that replaced 100 old francs with 1 NF — a reform that genuinely confused the public and made financial literacy initiatives like this one briefly important.