1000 Francs - Treasury

Features

Location France
Issuing institution French Treasury
Period Provisional Government of the French Republic (1944-1946)
Type Standard banknote
Year 1945
Value 1000 Francs
Currency Franc (1795-1959)
Composition Paper
Size 156 × 66 mm
Shape Rectangular
Demonetized 1 January 2004
Number
N#
206819
References P# 125,
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.27
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:
MILLE FRANCS
SERIE DE 1944
FRANCE

Translation:
One Thousand Francs
Series of 1944
France

Reverse

Guilloches

Script: Latin

Lettering:
LIBERTÉ ÉGALITÉ FRATERNITÉ
FRANCE

Printer

Forbes Lithograph Manufacturing Company, United States

Comments

Although similar to the notes issued by the Allied military in 1944, these notes were issued in 1945 by the French Treasury as part of a currency reform to remove notes issued during the German occupation from circulation.

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC
1945  (fr) F.VF.27/01 - sans série
1945  (fr) F.VF.27/02 - série 2
1945  (fr) F.VF.27/03 - série 3
1945  (fr) F.VF.27/04 - série X
1945  (fr) F.VF.27/04Sp - spécimen, série X (perforé SPECIMEN)

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