Live auction - 4250419 - 1000 Francs CÉRÈS ET MERCURE Spécimen FRANCE 1930 F.37.05Sp

1000 Francs CÉRÈS ET MERCURE Spécimen FRANCE 1930 F.37.05Sp XF+

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Estimate :	1 500 €
Price :	900 €
Maximum bid :	900 €
End of the sale :	02 October 2018 17:52:35
bidders :	1 bidder

Face Value : 1000 Francs CÉRÈS ET MERCURE Spécimen

Date: 28 août 1930

Period/Provinces/Banks Banque de France, XXe siècle

Catalogue reference : F.37.05Sp

Alphabet - series : O.000 n°000

Signatures : Roulleau, Platet, Strohl

Detailed grade description : Fente 1 cm

Commentary

SPECIMEN perforé à gauche et à droite. Avec filigrane. Date 28 août 1930.
SPECIMEN perforated on the left and right. With watermark. Date August 28, 1930

Details

F.37 - 1000 Francs CÉRÈS ET MERCURE

References Banque de France : BDF192702

Size: 130 x 235 mm

Date of creation/issue: 02 janvier 1929

Issue: 11 février 1927 - 30 juin 1937

Date of withdraw: 19 mai 1944

End of legal tender: 04 juin 1945

Obverse description : Ceres and Mercury. Two children symbolizing Agriculture (left), and Trade (right)

Reverse description : Allegory of the Banque de France ("la Sagesse fixe la Fortune" [Wisdom fixes Fortune]). A blacksmith and André-Marie Ampère, a painter and Louis Pasteur

Watermark: Ceres and Mercury in profile

Signatures : Le Contrôleur Général, Le Caissier Principal, Le Secrétaire Général (3 var.)

Alphabet - series : 1 to 2964, 25 letters, 1,000 notes per letter

Engraver Gravure : E.Deloche. Dessin : C-A.Walhain

This note has never been found in UNC. The rare examples in AU typically come from small finds: F.37.01 alph.C.184, F.37.07 alph.D.1768 and X.1906 and F.37.10 alph.Y.2916 and O.2955

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