Live auction - 520402 - 500 Francs CHATEAUBRIAND Spécimen FRANCE 1945 F.34.01Spn2
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Face Value : 500 Francs CHATEAUBRIAND Spécimen
Date: (1945)
Period/Provinces/Banks Banque de France, XXe siècle
Catalogue reference : F.34.01Spn2
Additional reference : P.129
Alphabet - series : O.000 n°00000
Signatures : Favre-Gilly, Belin, Rousseau
Detailed grade description : Petites traces de manipulation
Commentary
Perforé SPECIMEN et surchargé SPECIMEN N°0148, date O.00-00-0000.O..
Details
F.34 - 500 Francs CHATEAUBRIAND
References Banque de France : BDF194505
Size: 92 x 141 mm
Date of creation/issue: 20 mai 1946
Issue: 19 juillet 1945 - 02 juillet 1953
Date of withdraw: 12 octobre 1954
End of legal tender: 01 janvier 1963
Obverse description : Portrait of François René Chateaubriand with a lyre in hand
Reverse description : Muses resting close to a headstone
Watermark: Genius' head with flame
Signatures : Le Contrôleur Général, Le Caissier Général, Le Secrétaire Général (3 var.)
Alphabet - series : 1 to 150, 25 letters, 100,000 notes per letter
Engraver Gravure : A.Marliat (R°), R.Armanelli (V°). Dessin : E-R.Pougheon
The "500 Francs Chateaubriand" is quite difficult to find in UNC.
Yet a few finds allow collectors to fill that gap.
F.34.01 UNC alph.D.11
F.34.03 UNC alph.J.43
F.34.05 UNC alph.X.73, W.78 and Z.78