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50 Francs - Saint-Exupéry
| Issuer | Banque de France |
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| Year | 1992-1993 |
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| Composition | Cotton paper |
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| Reverse description | A Bréguet 14 biplane associated with Saint-Exupéry's airmail career is shown in flight over a desert landscape, with a compass rose rendered in intaglio at centre; to the right, the Little Prince is depicted standing on his small planet. |
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| Signature(s) | 1992 - Bruneel / Bonnardin / Charriau 1993 - Bruneel / Bonnardin / Vigier |
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The Pfunds — a Geneva-based husband-and-wife team — brought an unusually graphic, almost illustrative sensibility to this note, quite distinct from the engraved classical tradition that dominated Banque de France output for most of the twentieth century. Roger Pfund handled the engraving himself, which is rare; most BdF designs of the period separated those roles entirely.
Saint-Exupéry had been missing since July 1944, when his F-5B reconnaissance aircraft vanished over the Mediterranean on a mission from Corsica. His wreck was not positively identified until 2004, more than a decade after this note entered circulation.