50 Francs - Allied Military Currency

Features

Issuer France
Issuing entity Allied Military Command
Period Provisional Government of the French Republic (1944-1946)
Type Standard banknote
Year 1944
Value 50 Francs
Currency Franc (1795-1959)
Composition Paper
Size 156 × 66 mm
Shape Rectangular
Demonetized 15 June 1945
Number
N#
206791
References P# 117,
Tracy L. Schmidt (editor); 2019. Standard Catalog of World Paper Money. Modern issues 1961-present (25th edition). Krause Publications, Iola, Wisconsin, United States.
And 2 more volumes.
Fay# VF.19
Claude Fayette, Jean-Marc Dessal; 2014. La Cote des Billets de la Banque de France et du Trésor. Numismatique & Change, Revigny-sur-Ornain, France.

Obverse

Guilloches

Script: Latin

Lettering:
CINQUANTE FRANCS
SERIE DE 1944
EMIS EN FRANCE

Translation:
Fifty Francs
Series of 1944
Issued in France

Reverse

French Flag

Script: Latin

Lettering: LIBERTÉ ÉGALITÉ FRATERNITÉ

Printer

Forbes Lithograph Manufacturing Company, United States

Comments

These notes were printed in the U.S.A. and issued by the Allied military during the initial stages of the liberation of France in 1944. They were not approved by the Provisional Government of the French Republic but were accepted by banks and for payment of taxes. The larger denominations were demonetized in June 1945 but the 2, 5 and 10 francs were not demonetized until the introduction of the euro.

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC Frequency
1944  1.6% (fr) F.VF.19/00Sp - spécimen, n°00000000 (perforé SPECIMEN)
1944  $ 2.30 $ 4.90 $ 6.50 88% (fr) F.VF.19/01 - sans série
1944  10% (fr) F.VF.19/02 - série X

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