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Face Value : 1000 Francs DÉESSE DÉMÉTER
Date: 28 mai 1942
Period/Provinces/Banks Banque de France, XXe siècle
Catalogue reference : F.40.01
Additional reference : P.102
Alphabet - series : E.239 n°332
Signatures : Belin, Rousseau, R.Favre-Gilly
Detailed grade description : Plusieurs épinglages
Details
F.40 - 1000 Francs DÉESSE DÉMÉTER
References Banque de France : BDF194203
Size: 107 x 190 mm
Date of creation/issue: 21 octobre 1942
Issue: 28 mai 1942 - 20 janvier 1944
Date of withdraw: 19 mai 1944
End of legal tender: 04 juin 1945
Obverse description : Statue of Demeter with Hercules as a child on her lap. Provencal landscape with shepherd and goats
Reverse description : Mercury’s statue. Deianira taking Atlas’ place to support the world. Labors of Hercules (Cerberus, the Golden Apples). Harbor and city of Rouen in the background
Watermark: Portrait of Hermes at center
Signatures : Le Contrôleur Général, Le Caissier Général, Le Secrétaire Général (1 var.)
Alphabet - series : 1 to 11868, 1,000 notes per letter
Engraver Gravure : G.Hourriez (R°), R.Dreyfus (V°). Dessin : L.Jonas
The murky period during WWII, the quick refund in 1945 and a momentous hold-up in Clermont-Ferrand in 1944 made the 1000 F Déméter a banknote full of surprises. Large finds or great rarities, unfound dates, extreme prices: from €60 to more than €16,000 in UNC, each specimen may prove to be a treasure...
Following the 1945 exchange, some stocks of the Demeter note remained hidden and could not be redeemed. If finds have become rare nowadays, it was frequent to see bundles reemerge on the market 30 or 40 years ago. A few examples of more or less significant finds:
F.40.02 NEUF alph.Z.296, V.343, Y.343
F.40.03 NEUF alph.V.628
F.40.04 NEUF alph.Y.955
F.40.05 NEUF alph.C.1106
F.40.10 NEUF alph.Z.1807, R.1862, R.1863
F.40.11 NEUF alph.Z.1883
F.40.13 NEUF alph.X.2241, S.2253
F.40.14 NEUF alph.U.2435
F.40.15 NEUF alph.M.2989, T.2989, Z.3003
F.40.20 NEUF alph.R.4529
F.40.23 NEUF alph.G.5285, M.5333
F.40.27 NEUF alph.O.6413
F.40.29 NEUF alph.E.6824, H.6848
F.40.31 pr.NEUF alph.O.7074
F.40.40 NEUF alph.U.10238
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