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French Polynesia
(1842-)

Tahiti
(1842-)

French West Africa
(1895–1958)

French Antilles

New Caledonia

French Equatorial Africa
(1910–1958)

Martinique
(1685-)

Saar
(1919–1935, 1946–1956)

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₶ -

Livre tournois (987-1795) = 20 Sous = 240 Deniers

₣ -

Franc (1795-1959) = 100 Centimes

₣ - New

Franc (1960-2001) = 100 Centimes

₣ - French Polynesian

Franc (1945-date) = 100 Centimes

₣ - West African

Franc (1895-1944) = 100 Centimes

₣ - CFA West African

Franc (1944-1958) = 100 Centimes

₣ - French West Indies

Franc (1961-1975) = 100 Centimes

₣ - New Caledonian CFP

Franc (1945-date) = 100 Centimes

₣ - French Polynesian

Franc (1905-1963) = 100 Centimes

₣ - Equatorial African

Franc (1945-1960) = 100 Centimes

₣ - Martinique

Franc (1795-1959) = 100 Centimes

₣ - Saar

Franc (1919-1935) = 100 Centimes

France Republic
(1792-)

fr-Pending description

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₶ -

Livre tournois (987-1795) = 20 Sous = 240 Deniers

[-] 1791 First Issue, 1792 First Issue, Third Issue - Domaines Nationaux

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1792
10 Sols

Allegorical females,

Phrygian cap

medium creases

moderate stains (dirtiness)

light edges damage

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#A53

79 x

69

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1793
10 Sols

Allegorical females,

Phrygian cap

medium creases

moderate stains (dirtiness)

light edges damage

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#A68b

79 x

69

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1792
15 Sols

N: x4 unseparated

Allegorical females,

Phrygian cap, Human Rights tablet; motto

'La Nation, la Loi, le Roi'; fleur de lis

light creases

light stains (dirtiness)

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#A65a .1

79 x

69

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1792
25 Sols

Gallic rooster with motto

'La liberté ou la mort';

Eye of Providence

substantial creases

moderate stains (dirtiness)

light edges damage

several punctures (perforator / stapler)

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#A55

150 x

75

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1792
50 Sols

Allegorical females, Human Rights tablet,

Fasces,

Gallic rooster

extremely creased

substantial stains (dirtiness)

light tear

heavy edges damage

moderate natural holes

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#A56

85 x

72

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1791
5 Livres

N: My oldest banknotes

superficial crease

light stains (dirtiness)

light edges damage

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#A50

129 x

72

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1791
10 Livres

N: My oldest banknotes

light creases

light stains (dirtiness)

light edges damage

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#A51

129 x

72

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1792a
10 Livres

superficial crease

light stains (dirtiness)

very light edges damage

several punctures (perforator / stapler)

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#A66a -36a

114 x

72

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1792b
10 Livres

medium creases

moderate stains (dirtiness)

1-2 small puncture holes (perforator / stapler)

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#A66a -36i?

114 x

72

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1791
25 Livres

N: My oldest banknotes

medium creases

moderate stains (dirtiness)

moderate edges damage

1-2 small natural holes

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#A52

129 x

72

[-] 1792 Issue, 1793 1st, 2nd, 1795 Issue - République Francaise

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1793a
5 Livres

medium creases

moderate stains (dirtiness)

moderate edges damage

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#A76 .98

94 x

60

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1793
25 Livres

superficial crease

moderate stains (dirtiness)

light edges damage

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#A71

82 x

133

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1792
50 Francs

medium creases

light stains (dirtiness)

moderate edges damage

1-2 small puncture holes (perforator / stapler)

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#A72 .18

185 x

110

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1793
125 Francs

medium creases

light stains (dirtiness)

moderate edges damage

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#A74 .34

158 x

92

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1793
250 Francs

light creases

moderate stains (dirtiness)

very light edges damage

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#A75 .15

158 x

92

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1792

400 Francs

substantial creases

substantial stains (dirtiness)

moderate edges damage

several small natural holes

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#A73 .7

196 x

110

₣ -

Franc (1795-1959) = 100 Centimes

[-] 1795 Franc Issue - République Francaise

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1795
100 Francs

medium creases

moderate stains (dirtiness)

light tear

moderate edges damage

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#A78 .19

135 x

93

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1795
1,000 Francs

substantial creases

moderate stains (dirtiness)

moderate tear

moderate edges damage

moderate punctures (perforator / stapler)

moderate natural holes

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#A80 .9

185 x

124

[-] Specialized Issues - Caisse d`Echange des Monnaies, Rouen

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1797
20 Francs

medium creases

moderate stains (dirtiness)

light tear

heavy edges damage

heavy punctures (perforator / stapler)

moderate natural holes

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#S245b

191 x

88

fr1910-Pending description

[-] Chambre de Commerce in Nancy (54-Meurthe-et-Moselle)

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1915
50 Centimes

extremely creased

substantial stains (dirtiness)

light color wear

light edges damage

moderate punctures (perforator / stapler)

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#JP-087-01

52

[-] Chambre de Commerce in Paris (75-Seine)

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1920
50 Centimes

Marianne

medium creases

light stains (dirtiness)

1-2 small puncture holes (perforator / stapler)

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#JP-097-10a

49 x

62

[-] Chambre de Commerce and Villes - Nord et Pas-de-Calais

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1920a
50 Centimes

Mother and child

Map of Lille region, anchor, swords, leaves

substantial creases

substantial stains (dirtiness)

very light edges damage

several punctures (perforator / stapler)

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#JP-094-04b

87 x

58

[-] 1888-1937, 1909-1923, 1916-1937 Issue, 1937-1942 Issue

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1916
5 Francs

Allegorical man and woman

Cornucopia

superficial crease

superficial stains (dirtiness)

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#70a .34

125 x

80

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1924
5 Francs

N: Signature title: 'Le Cassier Principal'

Woman with helmet

Dock worker and ship

medium creases

moderate stains (dirtiness)

light tear

moderate punctures (perforator / stapler)

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#72c .x

125 x

80

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1939
5 Francs

N: Signature title: 'Le Cassier General'

Woman with helmet

Dock worker and ship

light creases

light stains (dirtiness)

1-2 small puncture holes (perforator / stapler)

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#83a .13

125 x

80

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1940
10 Francs

Minerva

Farm woman

medium creases

superficial stains (dirtiness)

several punctures (perforator / stapler)

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#84a .14

138 x

88

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1913
20 Francs

Mercury; Allegorical woman; portraits

Portraits

medium creases

moderate stains (dirtiness)

superficial color wear

moderate punctures (perforator / stapler)

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#68b .8

150 x

100

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1918

20 Francs

Pierre Terrail

Farmer

light creases

moderate stains (dirtiness)

moderate punctures (perforator / stapler)

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#74a .14

160 x

95

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1917
50 Francs

Women, angels; Caduceus

Allegorical women

superficial crease

light stains (dirtiness)

very light edges damage

1-2 small puncture holes (perforator / stapler)

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#64e .7

178 x

123

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1933
50 Francs

N: Known as: Luc Olivier Merson

Mercury and two angels

Couple and wreaths

medium creases

moderate stains (dirtiness)

several punctures (perforator / stapler)

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#80b .x

170 x

123

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1936
50 Francs

N: Known as: Cérès; Signature title: Principal

medium creases

moderate stains (dirtiness)

several punctures (perforator / stapler)

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#81.16

155 x

90

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1938
50 Francs

N: Known as: Cérès; Signature title: General

Ceres and Park of

Versailles

Mercury with

Caduceus;

Cornucopia

medium creases

moderate stains (dirtiness)

light edges damage

heavy punctures (perforator / stapler)

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#85b .x

155 x

90

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1904

100 Francs

Allegorical women, portraits

Allegorical couple, angels

superficial crease

light stains (dirtiness)

moderate edges damage

several punctures (perforator / stapler)

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#65c .1

177 x

112

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1930
100 Francs

N: Known as: Merson modifié

Allegorical figures

Blacksmith, allegorical woman, child

superficial crease

superficial stains (dirtiness)

1-2 small puncture holes (perforator / stapler)

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#78b .xx

112

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1938
300 Francs

Ceres

Mercury

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88

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1930
500 Francs

Woman and

Mercury

Cherubs, animals

medium creases

moderate stains (dirtiness)

very light tear

very light edges damage

moderate punctures (perforator / stapler)

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#66l .x

138 x

241

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1920
1,000 Francs

Woman,

Mercury

Allegorical couple,

Cherubs

medium creases

moderate stains (dirtiness)

moderate tear

moderate tape darkening

moderate edges damage

heavy punctures (perforator / stapler)

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#67h .x

130 x

231

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1940
1,000 Francs

N: Known as: Cérès et Mercure

Ceres and

Mercury, two angels

Craftsmen

medium creases

light stains (dirtiness)

very light tear

very light edges damage

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#90c .8

130

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1918
5,000 Francs

Worker,

Mercury, angels

Paris

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128

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1938
5,000 Francs

N: Known as: Victoire

Woman with

Victory statuette

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#

125

fr1940-Pending description

[-] 1944 First Issue - Supplemental, 1944 Second Issue - Provisional French Franc Currency

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1944
2 Francs

superficial crease

superficial stains (dirtiness)

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#114a

77 x

66

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1944
5 Francs

superficial crease

light stains (dirtiness)

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#115a

77 x

66

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1944
10 Francs

light creases

moderate stains (dirtiness)

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#116a

79 x

66

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1944
50 Francs

substantial creases

substantial stains (dirtiness)

superficial color wear

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#117a

66

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1944a
50 Francs

superficial crease

superficial stains (dirtiness)

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#122c

156 x

66

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1944
100 Francs

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#

66

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1944a
100 Francs

superficial crease

light stains (dirtiness)

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#123c

66

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1944
500 Francs

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#

66

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1944a
500 Francs

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#

66

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1944
1,000 Francs

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#

66

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1944a
1,000 Francs

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#

66

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1944
5,000 Francs

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#

66

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1944a
5,000 Francs

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66

[-] 1939-1945 Issue

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1941
20 Francs

N: Known as: Science et Travail

Science and Labor allegories

Scientist with microscope

substantial creases

moderate stains (dirtiness)

moderate tear

heavy edges damage

moderate punctures (perforator / stapler)

several small natural holes

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#92b .9

97

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1941
50 Francs

N: Known as: Jacques Cœur

Jacques Cœur;

Palais Jacques Coeur in

Bourges

Bourges view, woman

superficial crease

light stains (dirtiness)

several punctures (perforator / stapler)

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#93a .11

145 x

90

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1941
100 Francs

N: Known as: Sully

Woman and child, view of

Paris

Maurice de Sully; rural scene with

Château de Sully-sur-Loire

superficial crease

superficial stains (dirtiness)

several punctures (perforator / stapler)

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#94a .63

90

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1941
500 Francs

N: Known as: La Paix

Pax with wreath

Man and women

medium creases

moderate stains (dirtiness)

light edges damage

several punctures (perforator / stapler)

heavy punctures (perforator / stapler)

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#95b .1

115

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1944b

1,000 Francs

N: Known as: Commerce et Industrie

Women; flowers and produce

Blacksmith and

Mercury

Perfect Banknote

1-2 small puncture holes (perforator / stapler)

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#96b .2

195 x

118

fr1945-Pending description

[-] 1943-1944 Government Notes

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1944t
1,000 Francs

Liberty

superficial crease

light stains (dirtiness)

1-2 small puncture holes (perforator / stapler)

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#107a .2

151 x

85

[-] Military Issues

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1947m
5 Francs

N: For use of French Army personnel in occupied territories in Germany and Austria

Girl

Fieldwork

substantial creases

substantial stains (dirtiness)

light edges damage

moderate punctures (perforator / stapler)

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#M6

53

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1947
10 Francs

N: For use of French Army personnel in occupied territories in Germany and Austria

Girl

Fieldwork

medium creases

moderate stains (dirtiness)

very light tear

light edges damage

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#M7a

53

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1947
100 Francs

N: For use of French Army personnel in occupied territories in Germany and Austria

Mercury

Woman

substantial creases

substantial stains (dirtiness)

light edges damage

several punctures (perforator / stapler)

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#M9?

53

[-] 1941-1950 Issue

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1943
5 Francs

N: Known as: Berger

Pyrenean shepherd;

Village in a mountain^?

Woman from

Agen, flowers

light creases

superficial stains (dirtiness)

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#98a .4

65

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1947a
10 Francs

N: Known as: Mineur

Miners, farmers, farm houses

Cows, farmer and child, fruits

superficial crease

light stains (dirtiness)

very light edges damage

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#99f .2

75

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1943
20 Francs

Breton fisherman, clocktower of

Walled town of Concarneau in

Concarneau; fish

Women and child,

Notre Dame de la Joie chapel and

Saint Nonna church in

Penmarch, traditional

Calvary

superficial crease

moderate stains (dirtiness)

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#100a.5

80

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1942
100 Francs

René Descartes; Clio

Victory, writing PAX (peace) on a shield; horses with cart full of hay

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92

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1943
500 Francs

Jean-Baptiste Colbert, sailing ships,

Mercury statue

Mercury,

Towers of

La Rochelle

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92

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1942
1,000 Francs

Demeter with

Hermes;

Village in a mountain^?

Mercury with

Caduceus; View of

Rouen with the

Rouen Cathedral;

Deianira and

Atlas;

Hercules handing the

Golden apples to

Athena;

Ceryneian Hind,

Nemean lion,

Lernaean Hydra,

Cretan Bull,

Cerberus,

Erymanthian Boar

medium creases

moderate stains (dirtiness)

very light tear

light edges damage

moderate punctures (perforator / stapler)

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#102a.3

115

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1946
5,000 Francs

Sudanese African male, French European woman, Annamite Asian male and Berber Arab male; French flag and flowers

Allegorical French woman among fruits and flowers, scenes from colonies

medium creases

light stains (dirtiness)

light tear

light edges damage

several punctures (perforator / stapler)

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#103c.17

115

fr1950-Pending description

[-] 1945-1957 Issue

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1948
50 Francs

N: Known as: Le Verrier

Urbain Le Verrier;

Paris Observatory

Neptune with two

Heraldic dolphins; Aquarius and Capricorn, 1846 (planet Neptune discovered)

Perfect Banknote

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#127b .4

120 x

78

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1946
100 Francs

N: Known as: Jeune Paysan

Farmer girl with two

Oxen

Sailor's family around a

capstan

light creases

moderate stains (dirtiness)

light edges damage

1-2 small puncture holes (perforator / stapler)

small missing piece

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#128a .4

130 x

85

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1945
500 Francs

N: Known as: Chateaubriand

François-René de Chateaubriand holding a

Lyre; Saturn in clouds;

Titles of his works

Muses,

Titles of his works, Two

Lyres,

Cornucopia

light stains (dirtiness)

very light edges damage

several punctures (perforator / stapler)

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#129a .1

141 x

92

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1950
1,000 Francs

N: Known as: Minerve et Hercule

Minerva and

Hercules; floswers and fruits

Woman; flowers and decorations

superficial crease

moderate stains (dirtiness)

very light edges damage

moderate punctures (perforator / stapler)

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#130b .x

172 x

95

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1953
5,000 Francs

N: Known as: Terre et Mer

Pomona with

Cornucopia and

Amphitrite with a trident and conch

Mercury holding

Caduceus and

Minerva with parchment and compasses; factory

medium creases

superficial stains (dirtiness)

very light tear

several punctures (perforator / stapler)

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#131c .4

170 x

110

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1955
10,000 Francs

N: Known as: Génie Français

Woman with book, globe

Woman with notepad, tools

medium creases

superficial stains (dirtiness)

light tear

light edges damage

moderate punctures (perforator / stapler)

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#132d .x

221 x

120

[-] 1953-1958 Issue, 1959-1966 Issue

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1954
500 Francs

Victor Hugo,

Panthéon in

Paris

Place des Vosges in

Paris

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69

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1953
1,000 Francs

Cardinal Richelieu,

Palais-Royal in

Paris

Town gate in

Richelieu

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69

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1958
5,000 Francs

Henry IV,

Pont Neuf bridge in

Paris

Château de Pau in

Pau

medium creases

moderate stains (dirtiness)

moderate tear

bad tape quality

light edges damage

moderate punctures (perforator / stapler)

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#135a.6

160 x

85

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1956
10,000 Francs

Napoléon Bonaparte,

Arc de Triomphe in

Paris

Dôme des Invalides in

Paris

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#

69

₣ - New

Franc (1960-2001) = 100 Centimes

[-] 1953-1958 Issue, 1959-1966 Issue

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1965
5 Noveaux Francs

N: TIAVW overprint and as 500

Victor Hugo,

Panthéon in

Paris

Place des Vosges in

Paris

substantial creases

moderate stains (dirtiness)

light edges damage

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#141a.17

75

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1959
10 Noveaux Francs

N: TIAVW overprint and as 1000

Cardinal Richelieu,

Palais-Royal in

Paris

Town gate in

Richelieu

light creases

light stains (dirtiness)

very light edges damage

heavy punctures (perforator / stapler)

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#142a.8

80

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1959
50 Noveaux Francs

N: TIAVW overprint and as 5000

Henry IV,

Pont Neuf bridge in

Paris

Château de Pau in

Pau

medium creases

moderate punctures (perforator / stapler)

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#143a .1

160 x

85

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1963
100 Noveaux Francs

N: TIAVW overprint and as 10000

Napoléon Bonaparte,

Arc de Triomphe in

Paris

Dôme des Invalides in

Paris

light creases

light stains (dirtiness)

moderate punctures (perforator / stapler)

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#144a. x

172 x

92

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1959
500 Noveaux Francs

N: TIAVW overprint and as 50000

Molière;

Palais-Royal in

Paris

Theater of Versailles in

Versailles

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79

fr1970-Pending description

[-] 1962-1979 Issue

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1969
5 Francs

Louis Pasteur,

Pasteur institute in

Paris

Lab and man fighting a rabid dog

light creases

light stains (dirtiness)

several punctures (perforator / stapler)

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#146b. 5

140 x

75

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1970
10 Francs

Voltaire;

Tuileries Palace in

Paris

Chateau de Cirey

superficial crease

superficial stains (dirtiness)

1-2 small puncture holes (perforator / stapler)

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#147c .20

150 x

80

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1970
50 Francs

Jean Racine,

Port Royal des Champs

La Ferté-Milon

superficial crease

1-2 small puncture holes (perforator / stapler)

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#148c .9

160 x

85

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1964
100 Francs

Pierre Corneille;

Theater of Versailles in

Versailles

View of

Rouen

superficial crease

1-2 small puncture holes (perforator / stapler)

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#149a .5

172 x

92

[-] 1968 - 1997 Issue

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1976
10 Francs

Perfect Banknote

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#150c. 5

140 x

75

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1997
20 Francs

Claude Debussy, scene from '

La Mer'

Him; Lake scene

Perfect Banknote

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#151i

140 x

75

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1990
50 Francs

Maurice Quentin de La Tour,

Palace of Versailles

Him; City hall of

Saint-Quentin

Perfect Banknote

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#152e .1

150 x

80

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1978
100 Francs

Eugène Delacroix, his painting
'

Liberty Leading the People'

Him with quill pen

superficial crease

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#154a.1

160 x

85

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1981
200 Francs

Montesquieu,

Justitia

Him;

Château de la Brède

superficial crease

superficial stains (dirtiness)

very light tear

several punctures (perforator / stapler)

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#155a .1

172 x

92

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1989
500 Francs

Blaise Pascal,

St. Jacques tower in

Paris

Him;

Port Royal des Champs

superficial crease

1-2 small puncture holes (perforator / stapler)

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#156g .3

182 x

97

fr1990-Pending description

[-] 1993-2000 Issue

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1994
50 Francs

Antoine de Saint-Exupéry; map, '

The Little Prince';
'

Latécoère 28' airplane

Bréguet XIV biplane

medium creases

superficial stains (dirtiness)

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#157Аa

80

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1998
100 Francs

Paul Cézanne

Motifs from his paintings

Perfect Banknote

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#158a .2

80

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1996
200 Francs

Gustave Eiffel, observatory,

Eiffel Tower truss

Eiffel Tower base

medium creases

light stains (dirtiness)

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Marie Curie,

Pierre Curie

Laboratory utensils

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80

French Polynesia
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Fisherman

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Church of Vao on

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85

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Louis Antoine de Bougainville, sailing ships

Auguste Febvrier Despointes

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Woman, thatched huts

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Tapa cloth pattern (Wallis Island), Kava leaves, Bird od Paradise flower (Strelitzia reginae)

Plumeria (Frangipani) flower, Tahitian gardenia, Siapo cloth pattern (Futuna Island)

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Tapa cloth pattern (Wallis Island), stingray (manta), tortoise

Horned parakeet (Eunymphicus cornutus), Kagu (Rhynochetos jubatus), white terns, Siapo cloth pattern (Futuna Island)

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126 x

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Tapa cloth pattern (Wallis Island), Nautilus macromphalus, Pennant coralfish (Heniochus acuminatus), coral

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132 x

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Tapa cloth pattern (Wallis Island), oars, Faré (thatched hut), palm trees

Round huts, Jean-Marie Tjiabou Cultural Center (Tina peninsula, New Caledonia), Siapo cloth pattern (Futuna Island), stone pestle

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138 x

66

French West Africa
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69

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Man

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Lion

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118

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72

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104 x

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116 x

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Émile Gentil, African village

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130 x

70

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144 x

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156 x

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172 x

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114 x

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128 x

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158 x

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Marianne

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70

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