The Banknotes of France

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Domaines Nationaux (1789-1793)

PA66	10 Livres 24 Octobre 1792		Uniface
Images courtesy Omer Yalcinkaya

PA70a	50 Sols Loi du 23 Mai 1973.		Uniface
Trimmed note. Images courtesy Omer Yalcinkaya

PA70a	50 Sols Loi du 23 Mai 1973.		Uniface
Uncut. Images courtesy Omer Yalcinkaya

PA71	25 Livres 6 Juin 1793		Uniface
Images courtesy Ron Wise

République Française (1792-1795)

PA72	50 Livres Creation du 14. Decbre 1972.
Images courtesy Omer Yalcinkaya

PA76	5 Livres 10 Brumaire l'an 2 (31.10.1793)
Images courtesy Ron Wise

PA76	5 Livres 10 Brumaire l'an 2 (31.10.1793)		Uniface
Signature variety. Images courtesy Omer Yalcinkaya

PA76	5 Livres 10 Brumaire l'an 2 (31.10.1793)		Uniface
Signature variety. Images courtesy Omer Yalcinkaya

PA78	100 Francs 18 nivose l'an 3e (7.1.1795)		Uniface
Images courtesy Omer Yalcinkaya

Banque de France (1871-2000)

P64e	50 Francs 26=11=1912
Images courtesy Owen Linzmayer, author of the Banknote Book

P71a	100 Francs 16=9=1918
Images courtesy Omer Yalcinkaya

P72c	5 Francs 14=9=1922
Images courtesy Owen Linzmayer, author of the Banknote Book

P72d	5 Francs 28=12=1926
Images courtesy Owen Linzmayer, author of the Banknote Book

P77a	50 Francs 13-8-1929
Images courtesy Owen Linzmayer, author of the Banknote Book

P78c	100 Francs 17=6=1937
Images courtesy Omer Yalcinkaya

P83	5 Francs 2=11=1939.
Images courtesy Ron Wise

P84	10 Francs 17=8=1939.
Images courtesy Ron Wise

P84	10 Francs 24=10=1940.
Images courtesy Ron Wise

P84	10 Francs 2=1=1941.
Images courtesy Ron Wise

P84	10 Francs 9=1=1941.
Images courtesy Ron Wise

P85b	50 Francs 27-5-1938.
Images courtesy Tod Hunt

P85b	50 Francs 15-6-1939.
Images courtesy Ron Wise

P86b	100 Francs 10=2=1938.
Images courtesy www.CurrencyMuseum.net and a licensed under the Creative Commons: Attribution 2.5 License.

P86b	100 Francs 11=8=1938.
Images courtesy Ron Wise

P86b	100 Francs 20=10=1938
Images courtesy Owen Linzmayer, author of the Banknote Book

P86b	100 Francs 2=2=1939.
Images courtesy Ron Wise

P90c	1000 Francs 26 Janvier (January) 1939.
Images courtesy Omer Yalcinkaya

P92a	20 Francs 1=8=1940.
Images courtesy Ron Wise

P92b	20 Francs 8=5=1941.
Images courtesy Ron Wise

P93	50 Francs 24-4-1941.
Images courtesy Tod Hunt

P93	50 Francs 18-12-1941.
Images courtesy Ron Wise

P93	50 Francs 8-1-1942.
Images courtesy Ron Wise

P94	100 Francs 9=1=1941.
Images courtesy Ron Wise

P94	100 Francs 5=3=1942
Images courtesy Omer Yalcinkaya

P95a	500 Francs 28-11-1940
Images courtesy Omer Yalcinkaya

P95b	500 Francs 6-2-1941
Images courtesy Omer Yalcinkaya

P95b	500 Francs 2-10-1941
Images courtesy Omer Yalcinkaya

P95b	500 Francs 18-12-1941.
Images courtesy Ron Wise

P95b	500 Francs 1-10-1942
Images courtesy Omer Yalcinkaya

P96a	1000 Francs 19 Decembre 1940.
Images courtesy Ron Wise

P97a	5000 Francs 21=9=1939
Images courtesy Owen Linzmayer, author of the Banknote Book

P97c	5000 Francs 9=7=1942
Images courtesy Owen Linzmayer, author of the Banknote Book

P98a	5 Francs 22=7=1943.
Images courtesy Ron Wise

P98a	5 Francs 25=11=1943
Images courtesy Omer Yalcinkaya

P98a	5 Francs 23=12=1943
Images courtesy Owen Linzmayer, author of the Banknote Book

P98a	5 Francs 5=4=1945.
Images courtesy Ron Wise

P98b	5 Francs 30=10=1947.
Images courtesy Tod Hunt

P99a	10 Francs 11=9=1941
Images courtesy Owen Linzmayer, author of the Banknote Book

P99b	10 Francs 9=10=1941.
Images courtesy Ron Wise

P99c	10 Francs 20=1=1944
Images courtesy Omer Yalcinkaya

P99d	10 Francs 9=9=1943
Images courtesy Omer Yalcinkaya

P99d	10 Francs 15=10=1942.
Images courtesy Ron Wise

P99e	10 Francs 26=11=1942.
Images courtesy Ron Wise

P99e	10 Francs 25=3=1943.
Images courtesy Ron Wise

P99e	10 Francs 22=6=1944
Images courtesy Owen Linzmayer, author of the Banknote Book

P99f	10 Francs 10=3=1949.
Images courtesy Ron Wise

P99f	10 Francs 30=6=1949.
Images courtesy Tod Hunt

P100a	20 Francs 28=1=1943.
Images courtesy Omer Yalcinkaya

P100b	20 Francs 5=7=1945.
Images courtesy Tod Hunt

P101a	100 Francs 15=5=1942.
Images courtesy Ron Wise

P101a	100 Francs 23=3=1944.
Images courtesy Tod Hunt

P102	1000 Francs 20-6-1942.
Images courtesy Ron Wise

P102	1000 Francs 7-1-1943
Images courtesy Omer Yalcinkaya

P103c	5000 Francs 6=9=1945
Images courtesy Owen Linzmayer, author of the Banknote Book

P103e	5000 Francs 20=3=1947.
Images courtesy Tod Hunt

République Française Tresor Central (1943-1945)

P106	500 Francs (1944)
Images courtesy Owen Linzmayer, author of the Banknote Book

P107	1000 Francs (1944)
Images courtesy Owen Linzmayer, author of the Banknote Book

Allied Military Currency (1944)

P114a	2 Francs 1944
Images courtesy Ron Wise

P114b	2 Francs 1944
Block number 2. Images courtesy Ron Wise

P115a	5 Francs 1944
Images courtesy Ron Wise

P116a	10 Francs 1944
Images courtesy Ron Wise

P118a	100 Francs 1944
Without block number. Images courtesy Ron Wise

P122a	50 Francs 1944
Without block number. Images courtesy Ron Wise

P122b	50 Francs 1944
Block 2. Images courtesy Ron Wise

P122c	50 Francs 1944
Block 3. Images courtesy Ron Wise

P123c	100 Francs 1944
Block 3-8. Images courtesy Ron Wise

Banque de France (1945-2000)

P127b	50 Francs 2-10-1947.
Images courtesy www.CurrencyMuseum.net and a licensed under the Creative Commons: Attribution 2.5 License.

P127b	50 Francs 8-4-1948.
Images courtesy Ron Wise

P127b	50 Francs 2-3-1950
Images courtesy Owen Linzmayer, author of the Banknote Book

P127c	50 Francs 24-8-1950.
Images courtesy Ron Wise

P128a	100 Francs 11-7-1946.
Images courtesy www.CurrencyMuseum.net and a licensed under the Creative Commons: Attribution 2.5 License.

P128a	100 Francs 9-1-1947.
Images courtesy Ron Wise

P128b	100 Francs 6-11-1947.
Images courtesy Ron Wise

P128c	100 Francs 16-11-1950.
Images courtesy Ron Wise

P128d	100 Francs 3-4-1952.
Images courtesy Ron Wise

P128d	100 Francs 4-9-1952.
Images courtesy Tod Hunt

P129a	500 Francs 19-7-1945.
Images courtesy Tod Hunt

P129a	500 Francs 28-3-1946.
Images courtesy www.CurrencyMuseum.net and a licensed under the Creative Commons: Attribution 2.5 License.

P130a	1000 Francs 14-6-1945.
Images courtesy Ron Wise

P130a	1000 Francs 6-12-1945
Images courtesy Omer Yalcinkaya

P130b	1000 Francs 1-9-1949.
Images courtesy Ron Wise

P130b	1000 Francs 20-4-1950.
Images courtesy www.CurrencyMuseum.net and a licensed under the Creative Commons: Attribution 2.5 License.

P131c	5000 Francs 7-2-1952.
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P131c	5000 Francs 2-1-1953.
Images courtesy Ron Wise

P132d	10,000 Francs 4-9-1952.
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P133a	500 Francs 4-3-1954.
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P133b	500 Francs 6-2-1958.
Images courtesy Tod Hunt

P134a	1000 Francs 1-7-1954.
Images courtesy Ron Wise

P134a	1000 Francs 4-10-1956.
Images courtesy Tod Hunt

P135a	5000 Francs 6-3-1958.
Images courtesy Tod Hunt

P136a	10,000 Francs 2-11-1956.
Images courtesy Tod Hunt

P137b	5 Nouveaux Francs on 500 Francs 12-2-1959.
Overprint on France P133. Images courtesy www.CurrencyMuseum.net and a licensed under the Creative Commons: Attribution 2.5 License.

P138	10 Nouveaux Francs on 1000 Francs 7-3-1957
Overprint on France P134. Images courtesy www.CurrencyMuseum.net and a licensed under the Creative Commons: Attribution 2.5 License.

P139b	50 Nouveaux Francs on 5000 Francs 5-3-1959.
Overprint on France P135. Images courtesy www.CurrencyMuseum.net and a licensed under the Creative Commons: Attribution 2.5 License.

P140	100 Nouveaux Francs on 10,000 Francs 30-10-1958.
Overprint on France P136. Images courtesy www.CurrencyMuseum.net and a licensed under the Creative Commons: Attribution 2.5 License.

P141a	5 Nouveaux Francs 5-3-1959
Images courtesy Omer Yalcinkaya

P141a	5 Nouveaux Francs 2-7-1959.
Images courtesy Ron Wise

P141a	5 Nouveaux Francs 5-7-1962.
Images courtesy Ron Wise

P141a	5 Nouveaux Francs 2-5-1963
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P142a	10 Nouveaux Francs 5-3-1959.
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P143a	50 Nouveaux Francs 6-7-1961.
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P144a	100 Nouveaux Francs 1-3-1962
Images courtesy Omer Yalcinkaya

P144a	100 Nouveaux Francs 5-4-1962.
Images courtesy www.CurrencyMuseum.net and a licensed under the Creative Commons: Attribution 2.5 License.

P145a	500 Nouveaux Francs 4-1-1963.
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P146a	5 Francs 4-11-1966
Images courtesy Omer Yalcinkaya

P146b	5 Francs 5-5-1967.
Images courtesy Tod Hunt

P146b	5 Francs 7-12-1967.
Images courtesy Ron Wise

P146b	5 Francs 1-8-1968.
Images courtesy Ron Wise

P146b	5 Francs 6-2-1969
Images courtesy Omer Yalcinkaya

P146b	5 Francs 8-1-1970
Images courtesy Omer Yalcinkaya

P147a	10 Francs 7-11-1963
Images courtesy Owen Linzmayer, author of the Banknote Book

P147a	10 Francs 5-12-1963.
Images courtesy Ron Wise

P147a	10 Francs 6-2-1964
Images courtesy Omer Yalcinkaya

P147a	10 Francs 1-10-1964.
Images courtesy Ron Wise

P147a	10 Francs 3-6-1965
Images courtesy Omer Yalcinkaya

P147c	10 Francs 4-4-1968.
Images courtesy Ron Wise

P147d	10 Francs 7-12-1972.
Images courtesy Ron Wise

P147d	10 Francs 8-11-1973.
Images courtesy Tod Hunt

P148d	50 Francs 2-3-1972
Images courtesy Omer Yalcinkaya

P148f	50 Francs 2-1-1976.
Images courtesy Tod Hunt

P149b	100 Francs 6-10-1966.
Images courtesy www.CurrencyMuseum.net and a licensed under the Creative Commons: Attribution 2.5 License.

P149c	100 Francs 6-11-1969
Images courtesy Omer Yalcinkaya

P149d	100 Francs 1-7-1971
Images courtesy Omer Yalcinkaya

P149e	100 Francs 15-5-1975.
Images courtesy Tod Hunt

P150a	10 Francs 6-6-1974.
Images courtesy www.CurrencyMuseum.net and a licensed under the Creative Commons: Attribution 2.5 License.

P150b	10 Francs 7-8-1975.
Images courtesy www.CurrencyMuseum.net and a licensed under the Creative Commons: Attribution 2.5 License.

P150b	10 Francs 2-10-1975.
Images courtesy Ron Wise

P150c	10 Francs 2-1-1976.
Images courtesy Ron Wise

P150c	10 Francs 5-8-1976.
Images courtesy www.CurrencyMuseum.net and a licensed under the Creative Commons: Attribution 2.5 License.

P150c	10 Francs 3-3-1977
Images courtesy Omer Yalcinkaya

P150c	10 Francs 6-7-1978
Images courtesy Owen Linzmayer, author of the Banknote Book

P151a	20 Francs 1980
Images courtesy Ron Wise

P151d	20 Francs 1990
Images courtesy www.CurrencyMuseum.net and a licensed under the Creative Commons: Attribution 2.5 License.

P151e	20 Francs 1991
Images courtesy www.CurrencyMuseum.net and a licensed under the Creative Commons: Attribution 2.5 License.

P151h	20 Francs 1995
Images courtesy Owen Linzmayer, author of the Banknote Book

P151i	20 Francs 1997
Images courtesy www.CurrencyMuseum.net and a licensed under the Creative Commons: Attribution 2.5 License.

P152b	50 Francs 1982
Images courtesy Owen Linzmayer, author of the Banknote Book

P152b	50 Francs 1985
Images courtesy Ron Wise

P152d	50 Francs 1988
Images courtesy Omer Yalcinkaya

P152d	50 Francs 1989
Images courtesy Owen Linzmayer, author of the Banknote Book

P152e	50 Francs 1991
Images courtesy www.CurrencyMuseum.net and a licensed under the Creative Commons: Attribution 2.5 License.

P153	100 Francs 1978
With fine underprint in top left corner (in "cent francs"). Images courtesy www.CurrencyMuseum.net and a licensed under the Creative Commons: Attribution 2.5 License.

P154a	100 Francs 1979
Images courtesy Omer Yalcinkaya

P154b	100 Francs 1980
Images courtesy Omer Yalcinkaya

P154c	100 Francs 1987
Images courtesy Owen Linzmayer, author of the Banknote Book

P154e	100 Francs 1991
Images courtesy Owen Linzmayer, author of the Banknote Book

P154h	100 Francs 1994
Images courtesy Ron Wise

P155a	200 Francs 1983
Images courtesy Owen Linzmayer, author of the Banknote Book

P155a	200 Francs 1986
Images courtesy Omer Yalcinkaya

P155e	200 Francs 1992
Images courtesy Omer Yalcinkaya

P155f	200 Francs 1994
Modified Law clause on back. Images courtesy Omer Yalcinkaya

P156g	500 Francs 2-2-1989.
Images courtesy www.CurrencyMuseum.net and a licensed under the Creative Commons: Attribution 2.5 License.

P156i	500 Francs 6-8-1992
Images courtesy Omer Yalcinkaya

P157a	50 Francs 1992
Images courtesy Ron Wise

P157Aa	50 Francs 1994
Images courtesy Owen Linzmayer, author of the Banknote Book

P157Ac	50 Francs 1996
Images courtesy www.CurrencyMuseum.net and a licensed under the Creative Commons: Attribution 2.5 License.

P157Ad	50 Francs 1999
Images courtesy Omer Yalcinkaya

P158a	100 Francs 1997
Images courtesy www.CurrencyMuseum.net and a licensed under the Creative Commons: Attribution 2.5 License.

P158a	100 Francs 1998
Images courtesy Omer Yalcinkaya

P159a	200 Francs 1995
Images courtesy www.CurrencyMuseum.net and a licensed under the Creative Commons: Attribution 2.5 License.

P159b	200 Francs 1997
Images courtesy Owen Linzmayer, author of the Banknote Book

P160a	500 Francs 1994
Images courtesy www.CurrencyMuseum.net and a licensed under the Creative Commons: Attribution 2.5 License.

Tresorerie aux Armees (1917-1919)

PM1	50 Centimes (1917)
Text on back, third line from bottom on left, reads "...2 annee...". Images courtesy Ron Wise

PM2	1 Franc (1917)
Text on back, third line from bottom on left, reads "...2 annee...". Images courtesy Ron Wise

PM3	2 Francs (1917)
Text on back, third line from bottom on left, reads "...2 annee...". Images courtesy William Gunn

PM5	1 Franc (1919)
Text on back, third line from bottom on left, reads "...4 annee...". Images courtesy Ron Wise

Tresor Français (1947-1960)

PM7a	10 Francs (1947)
Images courtesy Ron Wise

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