p11_0306 - 1000 Francs DÉESSE DÉMÉTER FRANCE 1942 F.40.08

1000 Francs DÉESSE DÉMÉTER FRANCE 1942 F.40.08 XF+

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PAPIER MONNAIE 11 (2008)
Starting price : 45.00 €
Estimate : 65.00 €
Realised price : 45.00 €

Face Value : 1000 Francs DÉESSE DÉMÉTER

Date: 08 octobre 1942

Period/Provinces/Banks Banque de France, XXe siècle

Catalogue reference : F.40.08

Additional reference : P.102

Alphabet - series : Q.1552 n°753

Signatures : Belin, Rousseau, R.Favre-Gilly

Details

F.40 - 1000 Francs DÉESSE DÉMÉTER

References Banque de France : BDF194203

Size: 107 x 190 mm

Date of creation/issue: 21 octobre 1942

Issue: 28 mai 1942 - 20 janvier 1944

Date of withdraw: 19 mai 1944

End of legal tender: 04 juin 1945

Obverse description : Statue of Demeter with Hercules as a child on her lap. Provencal landscape with shepherd and goats

Reverse description : Mercury’s statue. Deianira taking Atlas’ place to support the world. Labors of Hercules (Cerberus, the Golden Apples). Harbor and city of Rouen in the background

Watermark: Portrait of Hermes at center

Signatures : Le Contrôleur Général, Le Caissier Général, Le Secrétaire Général (1 var.)

Alphabet - series : 1 to 11868, 1,000 notes per letter

Engraver Gravure : G.Hourriez (R°), R.Dreyfus (V°). Dessin : L.Jonas

The murky period during WWII, the quick refund in 1945 and a momentous hold-up in Clermont-Ferrand in 1944 made the 1000 F Déméter a banknote full of surprises. Large finds or great rarities, unfound dates, extreme prices: from €60 to more than €16,000 in UNC, each specimen may prove to be a treasure... Following the 1945 exchange, some stocks of the Demeter note remained hidden and could not be redeemed. If finds have become rare nowadays, it was frequent to see bundles reemerge on the market 30 or 40 years ago. A few examples of more or less significant finds: F.40.02 NEUF alph.Z.296, V.343, Y.343 F.40.03 NEUF alph.V.628 F.40.04 NEUF alph.Y.955 F.40.05 NEUF alph.C.1106 F.40.10 NEUF alph.Z.1807, R.1862, R.1863 F.40.11 NEUF alph.Z.1883 F.40.13 NEUF alph.X.2241, S.2253 F.40.14 NEUF alph.U.2435 F.40.15 NEUF alph.M.2989, T.2989, Z.3003 F.40.20 NEUF alph.R.4529 F.40.23 NEUF alph.G.5285, M.5333 F.40.27 NEUF alph.O.6413 F.40.29 NEUF alph.E.6824, H.6848 F.40.31 pr.NEUF alph.O.7074 F.40.40 NEUF alph.U.10238

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