07 12 1939 - 08 01 1942 Sig Rousseau/Favre-Gilly Series 1 - 7221 180,525,000 notes Intro: 16 12 1939 20 francs (withdrawn 04.06.1945) Values

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07 12 1939 - 08 01 1942 Sig Rousseau/Favre-Gilly Series 1 - 7221 180,525,000 notes Intro: 16 12 1939 20 francs (withdrawn 04.06.1945) Values

Details

Obverse: French text; tree branches with fruit; heads of allegorical bearded man (Science) and woman (Labor) holding hammer

Reverse: French text; seated chemist looking through microscope with open book and vials; steel bridge over Moselle river with barges; Vosges spinning mills with smokestacks in Ferdrupt in background; cornucopia; penal code

Basic Information

GSID:

298559

Denomination:

20 francs (withdrawn 04.06.1945)

Varieties and Classification

Variety:

07 12 1939 - 08 01 1942 Sig Rousseau/Favre-Gilly Series 1 - 7221 180,525,000 notes Intro: 16 12 1939

Design Details

Note Color:

Multicolor

Note Dimension:

160 x 97 mm

Printer:

Printer (Banque de France)

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