Live auction - 4070048 - 20 Francs TRAVAIL ET SCIENCE FRANCE 1940 F.12.08

20 Francs TRAVAIL ET SCIENCE FRANCE 1940 F.12.08 XF

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Estimate :	240 €
Price :	185 €
Maximum bid :	185 €
End of the sale :	10 May 2016 14:26:18
bidders :	2 bidders

Face Value : 20 Francs TRAVAIL ET SCIENCE

Date: 03 octobre 1940

Period/Provinces/Banks Banque de France, XXe siècle

Catalogue reference : F.12.08

Alphabet - series : O.1243 n°641

Signatures : Rousseau, R.Favre-Gilly

Details

F.12 - 20 Francs TRAVAIL ET SCIENCE

References Banque de France : BDF194001

Size: 97 x 160 mm

Date of creation/issue: 16 décembre 1940

Issue: 07 décembre 1939 - 08 janvier 1942

Date of withdraw: 18 décembre 1942

End of legal tender: 01 janvier 1963

Obverse description : Personification of Science and Labor at right

Reverse description : Chemist at left. Industrial landscape with river and boats

Watermark: Face-on portrait of a woman, flag with folds

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

Alphabet - series : 1 to 7221, 25 letters, 1,000 notes per letter

Engraver Gravure : E.Deloche. Dessin : C.Serveau

Many trials of the 20 Francs Science et Travail were made before the final type was chosen. Clément Serveau was entrusted with its design as early as 1922. It was placed in circulation 17 years later for only a little more than two years. During this long design period, the vignette, colors and engraver changed a number of times. A lot of documents thus resulted from these changes. We haven't listed them all here, but some of them may be found in our records (cgb.fr) under reference F.12.00Ec

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