Live auction - 518234 - 50 Francs CÉRÈS modifié FRANCE 1940 F.18.39
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Face Value : 50 Francs CÉRÈS modifié
Date: 22 février 1940
Period/Provinces/Banks Banque de France, XXe siècle
Catalogue reference : F.18.39
Additional reference : P.085
Alphabet - series : U.12574 n°117
Signatures : Rousseau, R.Favre-Gilly
Detailed grade description : Trois épinglages, un pli
Predigree : Collection Claude V.
Details
F.18 - 50 Francs CÉRÈS modifié
References Banque de France : BDF193704
Size: 90 x 155 mm
Date of creation/issue: 05 août 1937
Issue: 5 août 1937 - 18 avril 1940
Date of withdraw: 16 décembre 1943
End of legal tender: 04 juin 1945
Obverse description : Bust of Ceres (Demeter), lying statue. Gardens of Versailles
Reverse description : Mercury with his caduceus, cornucopia
Watermark: Woman's head in profile
Signatures : Le Caissier Général, Le Secrétaire Général (2 var.)
Alphabet - series : 6553 to 13182, 25 letters, 1,000 notes per letter
Engraver Gravure : E.Deloche. Dessin : C.Serveau
Type : Identical to F.17 but with a modified signatory: "Caissier Général" instead of "Caissier Principal"