Live auction - 4640337 - 500 Francs LA PAIX FRANCE 1940 F.32.10
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Estimate : | 150 € |
Price : | 120 € |
Maximum bid : | 131 € |
End of the sale : | 04 July 2023 16:37:04 |
bidders : | 4 bidders |
Face Value : 500 Francs LA PAIX
Date: 05 décembre 1940
Period/Provinces/Banks Banque de France, XXe siècle
Catalogue reference : F.32.10
Additional reference : P.095
Alphabet - series : G.1515 n°969
Signatures : De Bletterie, Rousseau, R.Favre-Gilly
Detailed grade description : Une trace de comptage
Predigree : Collection J.Cabanas
Details
F.32 - 500 Francs LA PAIX
References Banque de France : BDF193904 - BDF194401
Size: 115 x 195 mm
Date of creation/issue: 25 février 1941
Issue: 04 janvier 1940 - 17 mai 1944
Date of withdraw: 04 juin 1945
End of legal tender: 04 juin 1945
Obverse description : Peace holding an olive branch
Reverse description : Agriculture is represented by a young woman and a young man - the painter's children
Watermark: Woman's head in profile (same woman as the bust on the back), BF.
Signatures : Le Contrôleur Général, Le Caissier Général, Le Secrétaire Général (2 var.)
Alphabet - series : 1 to 8232, 25 letters, 1,000 notes per letter
Engraver Gravure : G.Hourriez (R°), R.Dreyfus (V°). Dessin : S.Laurent
Since it was withdrawn from circulation on June 4, 1945, the 500 F "La Paix" had a very limited lifetime. The only upper grades available for some references often come from more or less significant finds:
F.32.01 AU alph.H.58
F.32.04 AU alph.M.677
F.32.05 UNC alph.Q.841
F.32.10 UNC alph.G.1515
F.32.13 UNC alph.G.3033
F.32.20 UNC alph.G.3349
F.32.23 UNC alph.S.3784
F.32.26 UNC alph.N.4267
F.32.33 UNC alph.O.5234
F.32.34 UNC alph.W.5594 and V.5919
F.32.38 UNC alph.G.6494
F.32.39 AU alph.T.6585
F.32.44 UNC alph.B.7542 and K.7734