E-auction 555-488106 - 503545 - 300 Francs FRANCE 1938 F.29.01
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Estimate : | 500 € |
Price : | 260 € |
Maximum bid : | 317 € |
End of the sale : | 04 December 2023 20:16:40 |
bidders : | 10 bidders |
Face Value : 300 Francs
Date: (06 octobre 1938)
Period/Provinces/Banks Banque de France, XXe siècle
Catalogue reference : F.29.01
Additional reference : P.087
Alphabet - series : J n°0583829
Signatures : Rousseau, R.Favre-Gilly
Detailed grade description : Deux épinglages, légèrement taché. Bel aspect
Details
F.29 - 300 Francs
References Banque de France : BDF193802
Size: 88 x 138 mm
Date of creation/issue: 04 juin 1945
Issue: 06 octobre 1938 - 09 février 1939 (non daté)
Date of withdraw: 20 novembre 1950
End of legal tender: 01 janvier 1963
Obverse description : Portrait of Ceres
Reverse description : Portrait of Mercury
Watermark: Mercury's profile
Signatures : Le Caissier Général, Le Secrétaire Général (1 var.)
Alphabet - series : Letters A to W (I excepted), 25 letters, 1,000,000 notes per letter
Engraver Gravure : E.Deloche. Dessin : C.Serveau
Originally, the 300F was a 10F note designed to replace the 10F Minerve 1915. The imminence of war urged the Banque de France to print a higher face value. The decision was made to print a 300F on the same paper as the 10F 1915. The 300F was held in reserve and not circulated until 1945