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Échantillon type Athéna à droite - 10103 format 100 Francs Delacroix
| Issuer | Banque de France |
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| Year | 1990-1995 |
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| Printer | Banque de France (Imprimerie des Billets) |
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| Obverse description | Vignette of the goddess Athena in armour, bust facing right, accompanied by the winged Victory holding a shield and spear. The specimen overprint ÉCHANTILLON appears twice, with the type reference number 10103 at lower left corresponding to the 100 Francs Delacroix format. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is covered entirely by a dense multicolour guilloche underprint in interlocking geometric rosette patterns. A rectangular unprinted window at right centre reveals the watermark zone, showing a relief portrait vignette in the paper. |
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| Protection description | Portrait head of Zeus (father of Athena) in the watermark window at right, visible as a multi-tone relief image within the paper substrate. |
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