Live auction - 510664 - 1000 Francs CÉRÈS ET MERCURE type modifié FRANCE 1940 F.38.44

1000 Francs CÉRÈS ET MERCURE type modifié FRANCE 1940 F.38.44 VF+

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Face Value : 1000 Francs CÉRÈS ET MERCURE type modifié

Date: 21 mars 1940

Period/Provinces/Banks Banque de France, XXe siècle

Catalogue reference : F.38.44

Additional reference : P.090

Alphabet - series : E.9132 n°817

Signatures : De Bletterie, Rousseau, R.Favre-Gilly

Detailed grade description : Épinglage bien visible, fente, aplati

Predigree : Coll.M.et Mme. Leclerc

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

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