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5 nouveaux francs Victor Hugo type 1959 Billet factice
| Issuer | Banque de France |
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| Year | 1959 |
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| Currency | Nouveau Franc (1960-1963) |
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| Obverse description | Portrait of Victor Hugo to the right, rendered in intaglio style, with a vignette of the Panthéon visible to the left centre against a guilloche underprint. The large overprint 'Billet Factice' appears across the centre of the note in bold letterpress, identifying this as a training or dummy note. Denomination figures '5 NF' appear in the upper left and upper right corners, with 'CINQ NOUVEAUX FRANCS' inscribed along the lower margin. |
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| Obverse lettering | 5 NF BANQUE DE FRANCE 5 NF Billet factice CINQ NOUVEAUX FRANCS |
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The word "factice" marks this as an internal training or display specimen — produced by the Banque de France's own workshops for use in teller instruction, window display, or security familiarization, never as a circulating note. French banking regulations required these to be visually distinct from genuine issues, though the printing quality was drawn from the same institutional expertise.
The Victor Hugo type 5 NF was introduced as France redenominated at 100 old francs to one nouveau franc in January 1960 — making a 1959-dated example part of the transitional preparation series printed ahead of the changeover decreed by de Gaulle's government.