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5000 Francs - Henri IV type 1957
| Issuer | Banque de France |
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| Year | 1957-1958 |
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| Currency | Franc (1795-1959) |
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| Reverse lettering | BANQUE 5000 DE FRANCE L'ARTICLE 129 DU CODE PENAL PUNIT DES TRAVAUX FORCES A PERPETUITE CEUX QUI AURONT CONTREFAIT OU FALSIFIE DES BILLETS DE BANQUES AUTORISES PAR LA LOI, AINSI QUE CEUX QUI AURONT FAIT USAGE DE CES BILLETS CONTREFAITS OU FALSIFIES. |
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| Protection type | Watermark |
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The 5000 Francs Henri IV was issued during a period of acute monetary instability — French inflation in the late 1950s was severe enough that the 5000 Franc denomination, once extraordinary, had become a workhorse note. The entire series was rendered obsolete almost immediately when de Gaulle's 1960 redenomination converted 100 old francs to one nouveau franc, collapsing this note's face value to a nominal 50 NF overnight.
G.L.É. Beltrand came from an engraving dynasty — his middle names were a direct inheritance from the Revolutionary calendar, a biographical curiosity that followed him into the catalogs of every note he worked on.