p07_0079 - 20 Francs TRAVAIL ET SCIENCE FRANCE 1939 F.12.00Ec

20 Francs TRAVAIL ET SCIENCE FRANCE 1939 F.12.00Ec UNC-

PAPIER MONNAIE 7 (2005)
Starting price : 400.00 €
Estimate : 800.00 €
Realised price : 930.00 €
Number of bids : 4
Maximum bid : 1 320.00 €

Face Value : 20 Francs TRAVAIL ET SCIENCE

Date: (1939)

Period/Provinces/Banks Banque de France, XXe siècle

Catalogue reference : F.12.00Ec

Additional reference : P.092s

Commentary

ÉPREUVE. Rarissime épreuve, sur grand papier non filigrané, du verso. Vignette complète, avec les textes, plusieurs variantes par rapport au type adopté. Gravé par Gaspérini et non par Deloche. Ce document provient de l'atelier de Clément Serveau..
PROOF. Extremely rare proof, on large, unwatermarked paper, from the back. Complete vignette, with the texts, several variations compared to the adopted type. Engraved by Gaspérini and not by Deloche. This document comes from the workshop of Clément Serveau.

Details

F.12 - 20 Francs TRAVAIL ET SCIENCE

References Banque de France : BDF194001

Size: 97 x 160 mm

Date of creation/issue: 16 décembre 1940

Issue: 07 décembre 1939 - 08 janvier 1942

Date of withdraw: 18 décembre 1942

End of legal tender: 01 janvier 1963

Obverse description : Personification of Science and Labor at right

Reverse description : Chemist at left. Industrial landscape with river and boats

Watermark: Face-on portrait of a woman, flag with folds

Signatures : Le Caissier Général, Le Secrétaire Général (1 var.)

Alphabet - series : 1 to 7221, 25 letters, 1,000 notes per letter

Engraver Gravure : E.Deloche. Dessin : C.Serveau

Many trials of the 20 Francs Science et Travail were made before the final type was chosen. Clément Serveau was entrusted with its design as early as 1922. It was placed in circulation 17 years later for only a little more than two years. During this long design period, the vignette, colors and engraver changed a number of times. A lot of documents thus resulted from these changes. We haven't listed them all here, but some of them may be found in our records (cgb.fr) under reference F.12.00Ec

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