b95_0791 - 500 Francs LA PAIX Spécimen FRANCE 1940 F.32.01S

500 Francs LA PAIX Spécimen FRANCE 1940 F.32.01S UNC

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Price : 1 200.00 €

Face Value : 500 Francs LA PAIX Spécimen

Date: (1940)

Period/Provinces/Banks Banque de France, XXe siècle

Catalogue reference : F.32.01S

Additional reference : P.095s

Alphabet - series : O.000 n°000

Signatures : De Bletterie, Rousseau, Favre-Gilly

Commentary

SPECIMEN complet, avec filigrane, signatures et numérotation, mais non perforé ni surchargé. Date OO.0-0-0000.OO..

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Since it was withdrawn from circulation on June 4, 1945, the 500 F "La Paix" had a very limited lifetime.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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