Live auction - 4090098 - 500 Francs CHATEAUBRIAND Spécimen FRANCE 1945 F.34.01Sp

500 Francs CHATEAUBRIAND Spécimen FRANCE 1945 F.34.01Sp XF+

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Estimate :	800 €
Price :	570 €
Maximum bid :	600 €
End of the sale :	22 November 2016 14:54:33
bidders :	2 bidders

Face Value : 500 Francs CHATEAUBRIAND Spécimen

Date: (1945)

Period/Provinces/Banks Banque de France, XXe siècle

Catalogue reference : F.34.01Sp

Additional reference : P.129s

Alphabet - series : O.000 n°00000

Signatures : Favre-Gilly, Belin, Rousseau

Detailed grade description : Deux épinglages

Commentary

SPECIMEN, perforé SPECIMEN, date O.00-0-0000.O., avec filigrane. Exemplaire de la collection Odette Duval.

Details

F.34 - 500 Francs CHATEAUBRIAND

References Banque de France : BDF194505

Size: 92 x 141 mm

Date of creation/issue: 20 mai 1946

Issue: 19 juillet 1945 - 02 juillet 1953

Date of withdraw: 12 octobre 1954

End of legal tender: 01 janvier 1963

Obverse description : Portrait of François René Chateaubriand with a lyre in hand

Reverse description : Muses resting close to a headstone

Watermark: Genius' head with flame

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

Alphabet - series : 1 to 150, 25 letters, 100,000 notes per letter

Engraver Gravure : A.Marliat (R°), R.Armanelli (V°). Dessin : E-R.Pougheon

The "500 Francs Chateaubriand" is quite difficult to find in UNC. Yet a few finds allow collectors to fill that gap. F.34.01 UNC alph.D.11 F.34.03 UNC alph.J.43 F.34.05 UNC alph.X.73, W.78 and Z.78

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