Live auction - 4070139 - 500 Francs LA PAIX Épreuve FRANCE 1945 F.32.49

500 Francs LA PAIX Épreuve FRANCE 1945 F.32.49 AU

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Estimate :	2 700 €
Price :	2 000 €
Maximum bid :	2 000 €
End of the sale :	10 May 2016 15:18:02
bidders :	1 bidder

Face Value : 500 Francs LA PAIX Épreuve

Date: (1945)

Period/Provinces/Banks Banque de France, XXe siècle

Catalogue reference : F.32.49

Commentary

ÉPREUVE du verso avec filigrane, sans perforation. Pas de date, pas de signature, pas de numérotation. Un des six exemplaires découverts en 2006. (note Fayette p.101).
PROOF of the verso with watermark, without perforation. No date, no signature, no numbering. One of the six examples discovered in 2006. (Fayette note p.101)

Details

F.32 - 500 Francs LA PAIX

References Banque de France : BDF193904 - BDF194401

Size: 115 x 195 mm

Date of creation/issue: 25 février 1941

Issue: 04 janvier 1940 - 17 mai 1944

Date of withdraw: 04 juin 1945

End of legal tender: 04 juin 1945

Obverse description : Peace holding an olive branch

Reverse description : Agriculture is represented by a young woman and a young man - the painter's children

Watermark: Woman's head in profile (same woman as the bust on the back), BF.

Signatures : Le Contrôleur Général, Le Caissier Général, Le Secrétaire Général (2 var.)

Alphabet - series : 1 to 8232, 25 letters, 1,000 notes per letter

Engraver Gravure : G.Hourriez (R°), R.Dreyfus (V°). Dessin : S.Laurent

Since it was withdrawn from circulation on June 4, 1945, the 500 F "La Paix" had a very limited lifetime. The only upper grades available for some references often come from more or less significant finds: F.32.01 AU alph.H.58 F.32.04 AU alph.M.677 F.32.05 UNC alph.Q.841 F.32.10 UNC alph.G.1515 F.32.13 UNC alph.G.3033 F.32.20 UNC alph.G.3349 F.32.23 UNC alph.S.3784 F.32.26 UNC alph.N.4267 F.32.33 UNC alph.O.5234 F.32.34 UNC alph.W.5594 and V.5919 F.32.38 UNC alph.G.6494 F.32.39 AU alph.T.6585 F.32.44 UNC alph.B.7542 and K.7734

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