b96_5524 - 1000 Francs CÉRÈS ET MERCURE type modifié FRANCE 1939 F.38.35
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Price : 30.00 €
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Price : 30.00 €
Face Value : 1000 Francs CÉRÈS ET MERCURE type modifié
Date: 30 mars 1939
Period/Provinces/Banks Banque de France, XXe siècle
Catalogue reference : F.38.35
Additional reference : P.090
Alphabet - series : B.6609 n°411
Signatures : De Bletterie, Rousseau, R.Favre-Gilly
Details
F.38 - 1000 Francs CÉRÈS ET MERCURE type modifié
References Banque de France : BDF193703 - BDF193803 - BDF193804 - BDF 193805 - BDF193905
Size: 130 x 235 mm
Date of creation/issue: 08 juillet 1937
Issue: 08 juillet 1937 - 18 juillet 1940
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 Général, Le Secrétaire Général (3 var.)
Alphabet - series : 2965 to 10511, 25 letters, 1,000 notes per letter
Engraver Gravure : E.Deloche. Dessin : C-A.Walhain
Type : Identical to F.37 but with a modified signatory: "Caissier Général" instead of "Caissier Principal"
Very rare in UNC, except for a few old finds. The prices of the 1000 F Cérès et Mercure increase significantly in higher grades.
A few examples of troves:
F.38.28 pr.NEUF alph.S.3988
F.38.34 pr.NEUF alph.V.6480
F.38.36 NEUF alph.X.7098
F.38.37 SPL/NEUF alph.S.7689 and U.7689
F.38.38 SPL alph.L.8144
F.38.44 SPL alph.Z.9076