p27_0271 - 500 Francs LA PAIX FRANCE 1944 F.32.46

500 Francs LA PAIX FRANCE 1944 F.32.46 VF - XF

VF - XF

PAPIER MONNAIE 27 (2014)
Starting price : 500.00 €
Estimate : 700.00 €
unsold lot

Face Value : 500 Francs LA PAIX

Date: 06 avril 1944

Period/Provinces/Banks Banque de France, XXe siècle

Catalogue reference : F.32.46

Additional reference : P.095c

Alphabet - series : N.8076 n°382

Signatures : Belin, Rousseau, R.Favre-Gilly

Detailed grade description : Non épinglé, légèrement jauni

Inventory Fayette / Kajacques : 153 ex.

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Since it was withdrawn from circulation on June 4, 1945, the 500 F "La Paix" had a very limited lifetime.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

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