Live auction - 4310216 - 1000 Francs CÉRÈS ET MERCURE Spécimen FRANCE 1927 F.37.01Sp

1000 Francs CÉRÈS ET MERCURE Spécimen FRANCE 1927 F.37.01Sp VF+

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Estimate :	1 100 €
Price :	700 €
Maximum bid :	700 €
End of the sale :	02 July 2019 16:04:16
bidders :	1 bidder

Face Value : 1000 Francs CÉRÈS ET MERCURE Spécimen

Date: 62 juillet 1927

Period/Provinces/Banks Banque de France, XXe siècle

Catalogue reference : F.37.01Sp

Additional reference : P.079s

Alphabet - series : O.000 n°000

Signatures : Emmery, Platet, Strohl

Detailed grade description : Petites réparations aux épinglages, chiffre à l'encre au dos, joli

Grade PCGS-banknote 30

Commentary

Trois perforations SPÉCIMEN, date 62 juillet 1927.

Details

F.37 - 1000 Francs CÉRÈS ET MERCURE

References Banque de France : BDF192702

Size: 130 x 235 mm

Date of creation/issue: 02 janvier 1929

Issue: 11 février 1927 - 30 juin 1937

Date of withdraw: 19 mai 1944

End of legal tender: 04 juin 1945

Obverse description : Ceres and Mercury. Two children symbolizing Agriculture (left), and Trade (right)

Reverse description : Allegory of the Banque de France ("la Sagesse fixe la Fortune" [Wisdom fixes Fortune]). A blacksmith and André-Marie Ampère, a painter and Louis Pasteur

Watermark: Ceres and Mercury in profile

Signatures : Le Contrôleur Général, Le Caissier Principal, Le Secrétaire Général (3 var.)

Alphabet - series : 1 to 2964, 25 letters, 1,000 notes per letter

Engraver Gravure : E.Deloche. Dessin : C-A.Walhain

This note has never been found in UNC. The rare examples in AU typically come from small finds: F.37.01 alph.C.184, F.37.07 alph.D.1768 and X.1906 and F.37.10 alph.Y.2916 and O.2955

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