Live auction - 519645 - 1000 Francs COMMERCE ET INDUSTRIE FRANCE 1940 F.39.01
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Face Value : 1000 Francs COMMERCE ET INDUSTRIE
Date: 24 octobre 1940
Period/Provinces/Banks Banque de France, XXe siècle
Catalogue reference : F.39.01
Additional reference : P.096
Alphabet - series : Q.395 n°727
Signatures : De Bletterie, Rousseau, R.Favre-Gilly
Detailed grade description : Léger pli de liasse
Details
F.39 - 1000 Francs COMMERCE ET INDUSTRIE
References Banque de France : BDF194402
Size: 118 x 195 mm
Date of creation/issue: 19 mai 1944
Issue: 24 octobre 1940 - 20 juillet 1944
Date of withdraw: 04 juin 1945
End of legal tender: 04 juin 1945
Obverse description : Agriculture at right and left. Plant motifs, rooster
Reverse description : Labor and Industry (blacksmith, manufacturies in the background), Trade (Mercury and ships)
Watermark: Woman's head in profile with flower wreath
Signatures : Le Contrôleur Général, Le Secrétaire Général, Le Caissier Général (1 var.)
Alphabet - series : 1 to 4800, 25 letters, 1,000 notes per letter
Engraver Gravure : C.Beltrand (R°), E.Deloche (V°). Dessin : H-L.Cheffer
Like many short-lived banknotes from WWII, a few specimens of the 1000 F Commerce et Industrie (Trade and Industry) have been found in good condition:
F.39.01 NEUF alph.J.11, J.131, S.389
F.39.02 NEUF alph.G.485
F.39.03 NEUF alph.U.1249
F.39.05 pr.NEUF alph.H.2055
F.39.10 NEUF alph.D.3620, E.3620, F.3620
F.39.11 NEUF alph.J.3794, Q.3794, T.4045
F.39.12 NEUF alph.X.4541, U.4656, V.4684