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The Banque de France series of France in the World Currency contains 707 distinct entries. The Banque de France (Bank of France, BDF) was established pursuant to statute of 24 Pluviôse year VIII (13 February 1800) with its headquarters in Paris as a private institution for

The Banque de France series of France in the World Currency contains 707 distinct entries.

The Banque de France (Bank of France, BDF) was established pursuant to statute of 24 Pluviôse year VIII (13 February 1800) with its headquarters in Paris as a private institution for managing state debts and issuing notes. Banker Claude Périer drafted the first statutes and Emmanuel Crétet was the first governor. For the first fifteen years it was the sole issuer of banknotes in Paris, and this privilege was extended to other financially important cities and the rest of the country by 1848. For more information, visit https:// www.banque-france.fr.

Signature combinations have not been assigned variety numbers as is the standard elsewhere in The Banknote Book because doing so would have resulted in a confusing jumble due to the fact that over time the bank had overlapping issues with notes bearing either two or three signatures, some printed and some handwritten. Instead, samples of each signature have been reproduced in the following tables, sorted chronologically based upon the terms of service in the various offices.

Note variety descriptions list signatories’ names in the order they appear on the note, from left to right, or top to bottom.

Many images are courtesy of the Banque de France archives, which often has the only notes known to survive for early issues. Given their extreme rarity, values are not given for many issues as they simply aren’t available on the market at any price or any condition.

onze Nivôse an sept (11 Nivôse year 7 = 31 12 1798) Sig front: 2 unknown administrators/Martin Garat Sig back: Devaines/Delafontaine Series A - M 100 notes unredeemed (B901a/b)

deux Ventôse an sept (2 Ventôse year 7 = 20 02 1799) Series N - P

12 Ventôse an sept (12 Ventôse year 7 = 02 03 1799) Sig front: 2 unknown administrators/Martin Garat Sig back: Devaines/Delafontaine Series A - K 39 notes unredeemed (B902a/b)

six Germinal an sept (6 Germinal year 7 = 26 03 1799) Series L - N

2 Messidor an huit (2 Messidor year 8 = 21 06 1800) Sig front: 2 unknown administrators/Martin Garat Sig back: Devaines/Delafontaine Series A - Y 227 notes unredeemed (B903a/b) Intro: 03 03 1802

cinq Brumaire an onze (5 Brumaire year 11 = 27 10 1802) Series A - U

2 Messidor an huit (2 Messidor year 8 = 21 06 1800) Sig front: 2 unknown regents/Martin Garat Sig back: Devaines/Delafontaine Series A - N 600 in non-italics 99 notes unredeemed (B904a-d)

8 Floréal an dix (8 Floréal year 10 = 28 04 1802) Sig front: 2 unknown regents/Martin Garat Sig back: Audibert/Delafontaine Series N 601 - Z in non-italics

Series A - C 600 in italics

cinq Brumaire an onze (5 Brumaire year 11 = 27 10 1802) Series C 601 - Y 600

19 02 1806 Sig front: Decrousaz/Delafontaine/Unknown Sig back: Audibert/De Coincy Series A - W in non-italics 227 notes unredeemed (B905a-d) Intro: 03 04 1807

Series A - N in italics

29 08 1806 Series O - W

Series A - O in non-italics with asterisk

27 Germinal an XIII (27 Germinal year 8 = 17 04 1805) Sig front: Decrousaz/Delafontaine/Martin Garat Sig back: Audibert/De Coincy Series A - Z in non-italics 66 notes unredeemed (B906a-g) Intro: 12 11 1806

05 02 1806 Sig front: de Croussas-Cretet/Delafontaine/Unknown Sig back: Audibert/Ville Series A - P in italics

29 08 1806 Series Q - W in italics

29 08 1806 Series A - W in non-italics with asterisk

29 08 1806 Series A - E Letter at lower left front

12 04 1810 Series F - P

16 04 1812 Series A - K without asterisk

27 09 1810 Sig front: Unknown director/Audibert Sig back: Unknown cashier/de Croussas-Cretet Payables à Lille Series A, B 2,000 notes

27 09 1810 Payables à Rouen Series A - H 8,000 notes

18 10 1810 Payables à Lyon Series A - M 12,000 notes

02 01 1812 Payables à Lyon Series N - Q 4,000 notes

25 04 1814 Sig front: de Croussas-Cretet/Unknown/Martin Garat Sig back: Audibert/Ville Series A - K 10,000 notes Intro: 20 05 1814 119 notes unredeemed (B908a-f)

09 06 1814 Series L - W 15,000 notes

28 07 1814 Series A - K in italics 10,000 notes

24 08 1814 Series L - W in italics 15,000 notes

15 12 1814 Series A - W in non-italics with asterisk 25,000 notes

04 04 1816 Series A - W in non-italics with asterisk 25,000 notes

02 01 1818 Sig front: de Croussas-Cretet/Paul Garat/Delafontaine Sig back: Audibert/Ville Series A 1 - V 1 21,000 notes Intro: 19 03 1818

21 05 1818 Series X 1 - W 1, A 2 - F 2 10,000 notes

21 05 1818 Sig front: de Croussas-Cretet/Paul Garat/Poujet Sig back: Audibert/Ville Series G 2 - H 2, J 601 - J 1000 2,400 notes

21 05 1818 Sig front: de Croussas-Cretet/Paul Garat/Maillard Sig back: Audibert/Ville Series J 1 - J 600, K 2 - W 2 16,400 notes

19 10 1820 Sig front: de Croussas-Cretet/Paul Garat/Maillard Sig back: Henry/Ville/Champanhet Series A 3 - W 3 25,000 notes

08 08 1822 Sig front: de Croussas-Cretet/Paul Garat/Maillard Sig back: Henry/Ville Series A 4 - W 4 Paper 25,000 notes

05 02 1824 Series A 5 - W 5 25,000 notes

08 04 1824 Series A 6 - V 6 628 20,628 notes

08 04 1824 Series V 6 629 - 999 Paper (white) 370 notes

22 12 1825 Sig front: de Croussas-Cretet/Paul Garat/Maillard Sig back: Henry/Ville Wmk: CINQ CENTS 500 FR B B Series A 7 - W 7 25,000 notes

19 04 1827 Series A 8 - W 8 25,000 notes

20 03 1828 Wmk: CINQ CENTS 500 FR BANQUE DE FRANCE Series A 9 - W 9 25,000 notes

03 07 1928 Series A 10 - W 10 25,000 notes

17 04 1817 Sig front: de Croussas-Cretet/Unknown/Martin Garat Sig back: Audibert/Ville Series 1 25,000 notes Intro: 09 10 1817

27 11 1817 Sig front: de Croussas-Cretet/Maillard/Martin Garat Sig back: Audibert/Ville Series 2 25,000 notes

01 10 1818 Series 3 25,000 notes

29 04 1819 Sig front: de Croussas-Cretet/Maillard/Paul Garat Sig back: Henry/Ville Series 4 25,000 notes

16 12 1819 Series 5 25,000 notes

04 05 1820 Series 6 25,000 notes

04 01 1821 Sig front: de Croussas-Cretet/Maillard/Paul Garat Sig back: Audibert/Ville Series 7 25,000 notes

07 06 1821 Series 8 Paper (red) 25,000 notes

11 04 1822 Series 9 25,000 notes

13 03 1823 Series 10 25,000 notes

18 03 1823 Series 11 25,000 notes

08 04 1824 Series 12 25,000 notes

20 01 1825 Sig front: Maillard/de Croussas-Cretet/Paul Garat Sig back: Henry/Ville Series 13 Paper (white) 25,000 notes

14 07 1825 Series 14 25,000 notes

19 04 1827 Series 15 25,000 notes

20 03 1828 Series 16 25,000 notes

03 07 1828 Series 17 25,000 notes

22 01 1829 Series 18 25,000 notes

14 05 1829 Series 19 25,000 notes

05 03 1829 Sig : Maillard/de Croussas-Cretet/Paul Garat Series 11 25,000 notes Intro: 29 101 1829

26 11 1829 Series 12 25,000 notes

22 04 1830 Sig : Ville/de Croussas-Cretet/Paul Garat Series 13 25,000 notes

15 09 1831 Series 14 7,000 notes

26 11 1829 Sig : Maillard/de Croussas-Cretet/Paul Garat Series 20 25,000 notes Intro: 25 03 1830

25 03 1830 Series 21 25,000 notes

03 02 1831 Sig : Ville/de Croussas-Cretet/Paul Garat Series 22 25,000 notes

09 06 1836 Reims Sig : Paul Garat/Ville Series A, H 2,000 notes

07 07 1836 St Etienne Series A, E 2,000 notes

26 10 1837 St Quentin Series A, H 2,000 notes

22 04 1838 Montpellier Series A, D 2,000 notes

04 06 1840 Angouleme Series A, D 2,000 notes

04 06 1840 Grenoble Series A, D 2,000 notes

14 10 1841 Besancon Series A, B 2,000 notes

14 10 1841 Caen Series A, B 2,000 notes

14 10 1841 Chateauroux Series A, B 2,000 notes

14 10 1841 Clermont-Ferrand Series A, B 2,000 notes

14 12 1843 Mulhouse Series A, B 2,000 notes

02 07 1846 Strasbourg Series A, B 2,000 notes

13 08 1846 Valenciennes Series A, B 2,000 notes

02 07 1848 Le Mans Series A, B 2,000 notes

15 09 1831 Sig : Ville/de Croussas-Cretet/Paul Garat Series 14 18,000 notes Intro: 24 05 1832

02 02 1832 Series 15 25,000 notes

19 04 1832 Series 16 25,000 notes

11 07 1833 Series 17 25,000 notes

13 11 1834 Series 18 25,000 notes

03 03 1936 Series 19 25,000 notes

09 02 1837 Series 20 25,000 notes

29 03 1838 Series 21 25,000 notes

13 07 1839 Series 22 25,000 notes

04 06 1840 Series 23 25,000 notes

25 02 1841 Series 24 25,000 notes

25 11 1841 Series 25 25,000 notes

25 06 1842 Series 26, 27 50,000 notes

13 07 1843 Series 28 25,000 notes

15 09 1831 Sig : Ville/de Croussas-Cretet/Paul Garat Series 23 25,000 notes Intro: 24 05 1832

19 04 1832 Series 24, 25 50,000 notes

11 07 1833 Series 26 25,000 notes

05 12 1833 Series 27 25,000 notes

07 05 1834 Series 28 25,000 notes

27 05 1835 Series 39 25,000 notes

03 03 1836 Series 30 25,000 notes

03 11 1836 Series 31 25,000 notes

03 05 1937 Series 32 25,000 notes

07 06 1838 Series 33 25,000 notes

13 07 1839 Series 34 25,000 notes

04 06 1840 Series 35 25,000 notes

25 02 1841 Series 36 25,000 notes

25 11 1841 Series 37 25,000 notes

23 02 1837 Reims Sig : Paul Garat/Ville Series A 1,000 notes

19 04 1838 Montpellier Series A 1,000 notes

15 11 1838 St Quentin Series A 1,000 notes

18 07 1839 Reims Series B 1,000 notes

14 11 1839 St Etienne Series A 1,000 notes

14 10 1841 Angouleme Series A 1,000 notes

14 10 1841 Besancon Series A 1,000 notes

14 10 1841 Caen Series A 1 - 500 500 notes

14 10 1841 Chateauroux Series A 1 - 500 500 notes

14 10 1841 Clermont-Ferrand Series A 1 - 750 750 notes

14 10 1841 Grenoble Series A 1,000 notes

14 07 1842 Montpellier Series B 1,000 notes

14 07 1842 Reims Series C 1,000 notes

23 11 1843 Clermont-Ferrand Series A 751 - 999

14 12 1843 Mulhouse Series A 1 - 500

27 11 1845 Caen Series A 501 - 999 500 notes

02 07 1846 Nimes Series A 1,000 notes

02 07 1846 Le Mans Series A 1 - 500 500 notes

02 07 1846 Strasbourg Series A 501 - 999 500 notes

13 08 1846 Valenciennes Series A 1 - 500 500 notes

17 02 1848 Strasbourg Series A 1 - 500 500 notes

22 02 1844 Sig : Ville/Unknown/Paul Garat Wmk: Cinq cents Fr / BANQUE DE FRANCE Series 29 25,000 notes Intro: 12 12 1844

05 09 1844 - 21 10 1847 Wmk: B F / Cinq cents Fr / BANQUE DE FRANCE / Series 30 - 35 150,000 notes

21 04 1848 Wmk: 500 F / Cinq cents Fr / BANQUE DE FRANCE Series 36 25,000 notes

12 04 1849 - 12 02 1857 Sig : Doisy/Unknown/Ville Series 37 - 54 450,000 notes

16 07 1857 - 12 11 1857 Sig : Ville/de Croussas-Cretet/Doisy Series 55, 56 50,000 notes

11 03 1858 - 15 01 1863 Sig : Marsaud/Chazal/Soleil Series 57 - 78 550,000 notes

25 06 1842 - 24 10 1844 Sig : Ville/de Croussas-Cretet/Paul Garat Wmk: Mille Francs / BANQUE DE FRANCE Series 38 - 42 125,000 notes Intro: 18 05 1843

19 06 1845 - 30 11 1848 Wmk: 1000 F / Mille Francs / BANQUE DE FRANCE Series 43 - 51 225,000 notes

01 02 1849 - 17 12 1857 Sig : Doisy/Unknown/Ville Series 52 - 96 1,125,000 notes

14 01 1858 - 08 07 1858 Sig : Marsaud/Chazal/Soleil Series 97 - 100 100,000 notes

19 08 1858 - 13 11 1862 Series 1 - 50 1,250,000 notes

Uniface; no ovpt; no perf; no sig

12 10 1848 - 27 09 1849 Sig : Ville/Doisy 26 succursales

28 01 1850 - 30 08 1860 Vertical blue succursale name ovpt right front 51 succursales

Two horizontal red ESSAI 29 OCTOBRE 1860 ovpts front; no sig ; no s/n

28 05 1846 Sig : Ville/de Croussas-Cretet/Paul Garat Series A - C 3,000 notes Intro: 13 08 1846

Sig : Ville/Soleil/Paul Garat Series D 1,000 notes Intro: 11 11 1858

16 03 1848 18 handwritten sig varieties s/n upper left Series A - G 175,000 notes Intro: 30 03 1848

30 03 1848 Series H 25,000 notes

11 04 1848 - 21 04 1848 Printed sig : de Croussas-Cretet/Ville/Paul Garat Series J - Z 400,000 notes

04 05 1848 s/n upper right Series A - D 100,000 notes

15 07 1848 Sig : de Croussas-Cretet/Ville/Doisy Series E - H 100,000 notes

14 09 1848 - 00 00 1854 Black sig : de Croussas-Cretet/handwritten/Ville Series letter before number Series 1 - 55 1,375,000 notes Intro: 17 10 1848

00 00 1854 - 24 01 1856 Blue sig : de Croussas-Cretet/handwritten/Ville Series 56 - 99 1,100,000 notes

07 02 1856 - 02 10 1856 Series letter after number Series 1 - 28 700,000 notes Intro: 27 08 1857

12 11 1857 Blue sig : Antonetti/handwritten/Marsaud Series 29 - 32 100,000 notes

14 05 1858 - 28 03 1861 Blue sig : Soleil/handwritten/Marsaud Series 33 - 99 1,675,000 notes

16 05 1861 - 21 11 1861 Series number replaced by lowercase letter Series a - w 625,000 notes

26 12 1861 - 08 01 1863 Lowercase series letters and numbers Series 1 - 37 925,000 notes

No ovpt; no perf; no sig ; no s/n; selvage

Remainder: No s/n; selvage

10 06 1847 - 27 10 1864 Handwritten sig Series 1 - 47 1,175,000 notes Intro: 28 10 1847

17 08 1848 Handwritten sig 4 succursales Series A - W 100,000 notes

09 11 1848 21 succursales 189,500 notes

27 09 1849 Limoges Series A - E 5,000 notes

28 01 1850 Valenciennes Series D - F 3,000 notes

04 07 1850 Angers Series A - E 5,000 notes

01 08 1850 Rennes Series A - E 5,000 notes

09 03 1848 - 30 03 1848 Sig Unknown/Unknown/Unknown Series 4, 6 50,000 notes 1,425 notes unredeemed Intro: 23 03 1848

02 03 1864 - 06 06 1864 Sig Soleil/Marsaud Wmk: BF Series 1 - 29 725,000 notes Intro: 21 03 1864

03 11 1864 - 08 06 1866: Wmk: Head of Mercury Series 30 - 75 1,150,000 notes

08 01 1863 - 19 06 1866 Sig Soleil/Marsaud Series 1 - 200 5,000,000 notes Intro: 03 08 1863

05 11 1863 - 02 04 1868 Sig Chazal/Soleil/Marsaud Series 1 - 36 900,000 notes Intro: 04 02 1864

Remainder: No sig ; selvage

04 12 1862 - 02 11 1866 Sig Chazal/Soleil/Marsaud Series 1 - 80 2,000,000 notes Intro: 06 07 1863

26 11 1868 - 09 12 1869 Sig Soleil/Marsaud Series 1 - 17 425,000 notes Intro: 04 03 1869

10 12 1869 - 18 02 1876 Sig Mignot/Marsaud Series 18 - 832 20,375,000 notes

08 12 1881 - 12 12 1881 Sig Mignot/de Jancigny Series 833 - 853 525,000 notes

11 01 1882 - 16 11 1883 Sig Mignot/Carré Series 854 - 1199 8,650,000 notes

15 09 1870 - 27 10 1870 Sig Mignot/Marsaud Series 1 - 115 2,875,000 notes Intro: 11 11 1870

23 08 1866 - 11 09 1869 Sig Soleil/Marsaud Series 1 - 195 4,875,000 notes

13 09 1869 - 31 12 1879 Sig Mignot/Marsaud Series 196 - 1378 29,575,000 notes

02 01 1880 - 30 12 1881 Sig Mignot/de Jancigny Series 1379 - 1813 10,875,000 notes

11 01 1882 - 13 04 1882 Sig Mignot/Carré Series 1814 - 1893 2,000,000 notes

25 06 1868 - 21 02 1870 Sig Chazal/Soleil/Marsaud Series 1 - 26 650,000 notes

16 06 1871 - 19 01 1878 Sig Chazal/Mignot/Marsaud Series 27 - 146 3,038,150 notes

19 01 1878 - 22 12 1879 Sig de Jancigny/Mignot/Marsaud Series 146 - 187 1,036,850 notes

05 02 1880 - 15 04 1881 Sig Gilbrin/Mignot/de Jancigny Series 188 - 218 775,000 notes

02 02 1882 - 19 06 1882 Sig Gilbrin/Mignot/Carré Series 219 - 234 400,000 notes

20 06 1882 - 26 08 1884 Le Contrôleur changed to Le Contrôleur général Series 235 - 298 1,600,000 notes

14 01 1886 - 03 02 1887 Sig Gilbrin/Bertin/Carré Series 299 - 329 775,000 notes

11 08 1887 - 20 08 1887 Sig Delmonte/Bertin/Carré Series 330 - 337 200,000 notes

20 06 1867 - 23 10 1868 Sig Chazal/Soleil/Marsaud Series 1 - 45 1,125,000 notes

24 10 1868 - 17 01 1878 Sig Chazal/Mignot/Marsaud Series 46 - 301 6,400,000 notes

18 01 1878 - 28 11 1879 Sig de Jancigny/Mignot/Marsaud Series 302 - 381 2,000,000 notes

05 02 1880 - 29 07 1881 Sig Gilbrin/Mignot/de Jancigny Series 382 - 493 2,800,000 notes

15 06 1882 - 16 08 1882 Sig Gilbrin/Mignot/Carré Series 494 - 503 250,000 notes

17 08 1882 - 01 12 1885 Le Contrôleur changed to Le Contrôleur gal Series 504 - 651 3,700,000 notes

02 01 1886 - 11 01 1887 Sig Gilbrin/Bertin/Carré Series 652 - 731 2,000,000 notes

17 02 1887 - 30 04 1888 Sig Delmotte/Bertin/Carré Series 732 - 781 1,250,000 notes

26 07 1888 - 28 06 1889 Sig Delmotte/Bertin/Billotte Series 782 - 819 950,000 notes

Separate front/back; no ovpt; no perf; no date; no sig ; no s/n

06 02 1868 - 19 11 1874 Sig Marsaud/Chazal 40 succursales 69,000 notes

16 11 1876 Sig Marsaud/Soleil 15 succursales 22,000 notes

06 06 1878 Sig Marsaud/de Jancigny Foix 2,000 notes

12 05 1881 Sig Gilbrin/de Jancigny 4 succursales 8,000 notes

No ovpt; no perf; all-zero s/n; Beauvais

23 12 1870 - 29 05 1873 Sig Mignot/Marsaud Series 1 - 1982 49,550,000 notes Intro: 12 01 1871

26 08 1870 - 17 11 1870 Sig Mignot/Marsaud Series 1 - 35 875,000 notes 01 09 1870

15 09 1870 - 05 12 1870 Sig Mignot/Marsaud Series 1 - 440 11,000,000 notes Intro: 11 11 1870

00 12 1871 - 19 01 1874 Sig Mignot/Marsaud Series 1 - 3400 85,000,000 notes Intro: 01 02 1872

01 07 1874 - 07 08 1875 Sig Mignot/Marsaud Series 1 - 402 10,050,000 notes Intro: 01 08 1914

01 06 1904 - 11 01 1905 Sig d’Anfreville/Giraud Series 403 - 1162 19,000,000 notes

01 08 1884 - 23 10 1885 Sig Mignot/Carré Series 1 - 242 6,050,000 notes Intro: 10 11 1884

02 01 1886 - 15 02 1886 Sig Bertin/Carré Series 243 - 280 950,000 notes

18 10 188 - 04 03 1889 Sig Bertin/Billotte Series 281 - 360 2,000,000 notes

02 01 1882 - 10 01 1882 Sig Mignot/de Jancigny Series 1 - 8 200,000 notes Intro: 07 07 1882

11 01 1882 - 31 12 1885 Sig Mignot/Carré Series 9 - 899 22,275,000 notes

02 01 1886 - 13 07 1888 Sig Bertin/Carré Series 900 - 1626 18,175,000 notes

16 07 1888 - 11 09 1888 Sig Bertin/Billotte Series 1627 - 1675 1,225,000 notes

01 05 1889 - 03 08 1889 Sig Bertin/Billote Series 1 - 80 2,000,000 notes Intro: 21 10 1889

27 02 1890 - 26 05 1900 Sig d’Anfreville/Billote Series 81 - 1890 45,250,000 notes

02 01 1901 - 30 12 1905 Sig d’Anfreville/Giraud Series 1891 - 2841 23,775,000 notes

02 01 1906 - 13 07 1907 Sig d’Anfreville/Picard Series 2842 - 3213 9,300,000 notes

16 07 1907 - 08 11 1919 Sig Laferriere/Giraud Series 3214 - 8710 137,425,000 notes

15 11 1920 - 06 06 1921 Sig Laferriere/Aupetit Series 8711 - 9050 8,500,000 notes

01 05 1922 - 20 04 1925 Sig d’Anfreville/Giraud Series 9051 - 11800 68,750,000 notes

01 07 1926 - 25 03 1927 Sig d’Anfreville/Giraud Series 11801 - 12691 22,275,000 notes

12 09 1888 - 31 12 1889 Sig Bertin/Billote Series 1 - 699 17,475,000 notes Intro: 04 03 1889

02 01 1890 - 05 07 1900 Sig d’Anfreville/Billote Series 700 - 2981 57,050,000 notes

18 07 1900 - 30 12 1905 Sig d’Anfreville/Giraud Series 2982 - 4391 35,250,000 notes

02 01 1906 - 12 03 1907 Sig d’Anfreville/Picard Series 4392 - 4861 11,750,000 notes

01 08 1907 - 29 01 1909 Sig Laferriere/Picard Series 4862 - 5267 10,150,000 notes

02 11 1888 - 08 07 1889 Sig Delmotte/Bertin/Billotte Series 1 - 40 1,000,000 notes Intro: 17 12 1888

09 01 1890 - 24 04 1897 Sig Delmotte/d’Anfreville/Billotte Series 41 - 154 2,850,000 notes

23 03 1899 - 30 06 1900 Sig Bouchet/d’Anfreville/Billotte Series 155 - 186 800,000 notes

07 02 1901 - 17 04 1902 Sig Panhard/d’Anfreville/Giraud Series 187 - 218 800,000 notes

27 08 1903 - 26 12 1904 Sig Frachon/d’Anfreville/Giraud Series 219 - 251 825,000 notes

22 02 1906 - 10 09 1906 Sig Frachon/d’Anfreville/Picard Series 252 - 275 600,000 notes

24 10 1907 - 04 10 1917 Sig Frachon/Laferriere/Picard Series 276 - 533 6,450,000 notes

01 04 1920 - 21 06 1920 Sig Aupetit/Laferriere/Picard Series 534 - 600 1,675,000 notes

03 01 1921 - 09 02 1921 Sig Emmery/Laferriere/Aupetit Series 601 - 633 825,000 notes

01 05 1922 - 11 09 1924 Sig Emmery/Platet/Aupetit Series 634 - 793 4,000,000 notes

01 07 1926 - 26 10 1929 Sig Emmery/Platet/Strohl Series 794 - 1233 11,000,000 notes

01 04 1930 - 29 12 1932 Sig Roulleau/Platet/Strohl Series 1234 - 2055 20,550,000 notes

12 01 1933 - 10 06 1937 Sig Roulleau/Boyer/Strohl Series 2056 - 2631 14,400,000 notes

05 08 1937 - 09 09 1937 Sig Strohl/Boyer/Favre-Gilly Series 2632 - 2703 1,800,000 notes Intro: 1940

02 12 1937 - 09 12 1937 Sig Strohl/Rousseau/Favre-Gilly Series 2704 - 2751 1,200,000 notes

24 03 1938 - 18 01 1940 Sig de Bletterie/Rousseau/Favre-Gilly Series 2752 - 3980 30,725,000 notes

07 11 1889 - 29 11 1889 Sig Delmotte/Bertin/Billotte Series 1 - 20 500,000 notes Intro: 27 02 1890

23 01 1890 - 14 03 1898 Sig Delmotte/d’Anfreville/Billotte Series 21 - 285 6,625,000 notes

27 10 1898 - 21 06 1900 Sig Bouchet/d’Anfreville/Billotte Series 286 - 370 2,125,000 notes

09 04 1901 - 10 02 1902 Sig Panhard/d’Anfreville/Giraud Series 371 - 418 1,200,000 notes

23 10 1902 - 30 12 1905 Sig Frachon/d’Anfreville/Giraud Series 419 - 536 2,950,000 notes

02 01 1906 - 23 05 1907 Sig Frachon/d’Anfreville/Picard Series 537 - 594 1,450,000 notes

07 05 1908 - 24 01 1919 Sig Frachon/Laferriere/Picard Series 595 - 1200 15,150,000 notes

15 05 1919 - 27 02 1920 Sig Aupetit/Laferriere/Picard Series 1201 - 1440 6,000,000 notes

15 11 1920 - 29 04 1921 Sig Emmery/Laferriere/Aupetit Series 1441 - 1580 3,500,000 notes

01 05 1922 - 26 06 1926 Sig Emmery/Platet/Aupetit Series 1581 - 2500 23,000,000 notes

01 07 1926 - 16 09 1926 Sig Emmery/Platet/Strohl Series 2501 - 2760 6,500,000 notes

No date (circa 1892) Sig d’Anfreville/Billotte/Delmotte Unissued Unconfirmed

No date (circa 1898) Sig d’Anfreville/Giraud/Panhard Unissued Unconfirmed

No ovpt; no perf; all-zero s/n

Two vertical SPECIMEN perfs; all-zero s/n

Horizontal B d F / ANNULE / B d F perf; low s/n

No ovpt; no perf; no date; no sig ; no s/n

02 01 1906 - 25 10 1906 Sig d’Anfreville/Picard Series 1 - 1000 25,000,000 notes Intro: 01 08 1914

02 01 1912 - 12 02 1913 Sig Laferriere/Picard Series 1001 - 4236 80,900,000 notes

02 01 1908 - 10 05 1909 Sig Laferriere/Picard Series 1 - 824 20,600,000 notes Intro: 03 01 1910

No ovpt; no perf; no date; no sig

02 01 1912 - 02 02 1917 Sig Laferriere/Picard Series 1 - 16260 406,500,000 notes Intro: 03 07 1914

11 05 1909 - 12 04 1920 Sig Laferriere/Picard Series 0825 - 7000 154,400,000 notes

15 11 1920 - 21 09 1921 Sig Laferriere/Aupetit Series 7001 - 8040 26,000,000 notes

01 05 1922 - 29 11 1923 Sig Platet/Aupetit Series 8041 - 9999 48,975,000 notes

30 11 1923 - 26 06 1926 Wider cartouches for 5-digit series numbers Series 10000 - 14664 116,625,000 notes

01 07 1926 - 29 12 1932 Sig Platet/Strohl Series 14665 - 38652 599,675,000 notes

12 01 1933 - 30 06 1937 Sig Boyer/Strohl Series 38653 - 55428 419,400,000 notes

09 09 1937 - 02 12 1937 La Cassier Pal changed to La Cassier Gal Sig Boyer/Favre-Gilly Series 55429 - 56160 18,300,000 notes

09 12 1937 - 14 09 1939 Sig Rousseau/Favre-Gilly Series 56161 - 67589 285,725,000 notes

01 12 1917 - 23 01 1919 Sig Laferri?re/Picard Series 1 - 5400 135,000,000 notes Intro: 04 101 1918

15 11 1920 - 11 06 1921 Sig Laferri?re/Aupetit Series 5401 - 8200 70,000,000 notes

01 05 1922 - 21 07 1925 Sig Platet/Aupetit Series 8201 - 23800 390,000,000 notes

01 07 1926 - 29 12 1932 Sig Platet/Strohl Series 23801 - 51976 704,400,000 notes

05 01 1933 - 14 09 1933 Sig Boyer/Strohl Series 51977 - 57952 149,400,000 notes

13 07 1939 - 26 12 1940 Sig Rousseau/Favre-Gilly Series 57953 - 68098 253,600,000 notes

Separate front/back on card stock; no ovpt; no perf; all-zero s/n

No ovpt; no perf; all-zero s/n

Horizontal ANNULÉ perf; fictitious date; all-zero s/n

No ovpt; no perf; fictitious date; all-zero s/n

Diagonal ANNULÉ and SPECIMEN / perfs; vertical BHB perfs; fictitious date; all-zero s/n

Diagonal black SPÉCIMEN / No # ovpt front; diagonal SPECIMEN perf; all-zero s/n

Vertical ANNULÉ perf; all-zero s/n

Diagonal black SPÉCIMEN / No # ovpt front; diagonal SPECIMEN perf; all-zero s/n

Diagonal SPECIMEN perf; all-zero s/n

Separate front/back on card stock; no ovpt; no perf; no date; no sig ; no s/n

03 01 1916 - 15 11 1918 Sig Laferri?re/Picard Series 1 - 7000

15 11 1920 - 06 06 1921 Sig Laferri?re/Aupetit Series 7001 - 8360

01 05 1922 - 26 06 1926 Sig Platet/Aupetit Series 8361 - 25176

01 07 1926 - 08 09 1932 Sig Platet/Strohl Series 25177 - 67581

17 12 1936 - 25 02 1937 Sig Boyer/Strohl Series 67582 - 68208

17 12 1636 (error) Series G 67798, H 67798, X 67798, W 67798

02 02 1939 - 05 03 1942 Sig Rousseau/Favre-Gilly Series 68209 - 85520

Horizontal SPECIMEN perf; all-zero s/n

Diagonal ANNULÉ and SPECIMEN / perfs; vertical BHB perfs; all-zero s/n

Diagonal black SPÉCIMEN / No # ovpt front; diagonal SPECIMEN perf; all-zero s/n

Horizontal SPECIMEN perf; all-zero s/n

Diagonal SPECIMEN perf; normal s/n

Separate front/back on card stock; no ovpt; no perf; no date; no sig ; no s/n

01 07 1916 - 21 02 1919 Sig Laferri?re/Picard Series 1 - 6464 161,600,000 notes Intro: 01 10 1917

Separate front/back on card stock; no ovpt; no perf; no date; no sig ; no s/n

Separate front/back on card stock; no ovpt; no perf; all-zero s/n

Vertical ANNULÉ and SPECIMEN / perfs; all-zero s/n

No ovpt; no perf; all-zero s/n

No ovpt; no perf; fictitious date; all-zero s/n

No date (circa May 1918) Sig Laferri?re/Picard Unissued Unconfirmed

Separate front/back; no ovpt; no perf; no s/n

02 01 1918 - 29 01 1918 Sig Frachone/Laferri?re/Picard Series 1 - 24 600,000 notes Intro: 26 09 1938

Separate front/back on card stock; no ovpt; no perf; all-zero s/n

No ovpt; no perf; no date; no sig ; no s/n

Two diagonal SPECIMEN perfs; all-zero s/n

Two diagonal red Specimen ovpts front; all-zero s/n

11 02 1927 - 24 07 1930 Sig Platet/Strohl LUC OLIVIER-MERSON DEL lower center Series 1 - 6100 152,500,000 notes Intro: 03 01 1928

12 01 1933 - 16 08 1934 Sig Boyer/Strohl Series 12061 - 15708 91,200,000 notes

No ovpt; no perf; no date; no sig ; no s/n; no wmk

No ovpt; no perf; fictitious date; all-zero s/n

Vertical ANNULÉ and SPECIMEN perfs; fictitious date; all-zero s/n

Vertical SPECIMEN perfs; fictitious date; all-zero s/n

Separate front/back on card stock; no ovpt; no perf; plain 50 in corners front; dated 31 11 1913 below bank name; sig Laferri?re/Picard; all-zero s/n

Separate front/back; two vertical ANNULÉ perfs; 5F0 in corners front; dated 21 12 1913 below promise to pay; sig Laferri?re/Picard; all-zero s/n

11 02 1927 - 05 02 1930 Sig Emmery/Platet/Strohl Series 1 - 870 21,750,000 notes Intro: 02 01 1929

01 04 1930 - 29 12 1932 Sig Roulleau/Platet/Strohl Series 871 - 2292 35,550,000 notes

12 01 1933 - 30 06 1937 Sig Roulleau/Boyer/Strohl Series 2293 - 2964 16,800,000 notes

08 07 1937 - 26 08 1937 Le Caissier Principal changed to Le Caissier Général Sig Strohl/Boyer/Favre-Gilly Series 2965 - 3036 1,800,000 notes

04 11 1937 - 23 12 1937 Sig Strohl/Rousseau/Favre-Gilly Series 3037 - 3156 3,000,000 notes

24 03 1938 - 18 07 1940 Sig de Bletterie/Rousseau/Favre-Gilly Series 3157 - 10511 183,875,000 notes

Horizontal and vertical SPECIMEN perfs; fictitious date; all-zero s/n

Horizontal ANNULÉ perf; all-zero s/n

Vertical SPECIMEN perfs; all-zero s/n

Two horizontal ANNULÉ perfs; all-zero s/n

Separate front/back; no ovpt; no perf; all-zero s/n

Separate front/back on card stock; no ovpt; no perf; no date; no sig ; no s/n

Date unknown (circa 1932) Sig Platet/Strohl Unissued Unconfirmed

No ovpt; no perf; all-zero s/n

Date unknown (circa 1932) Sig Platet/Strohl Signatures at right Unissued Unconfirmed

Date unknown (circa 1933) Sig Boyer/Strohl Signatures at center Unissued Unconfirmed

No ovpt; no perf; all-zero s/n

15 11 1934 - 30 06 1937 Sig Boyer/Strohl Series 1 - 6552 163,800,000 notes Intro: 15 03 1935

05 08 1937 - 09 09 1937 Sig Boyer/Favre-Gilly Series 6553 - 6984 10,800,000 notes

04 11 1937 - 18 04 1940 Sig Rousseau/Favre-Gilly Series 6985 - 13182 154,950,000 notes

Separate front/back on card stock; no ovpt; no perf; all-zero s/n

Separate front/back; no ovpt; no perf; all-zero s/n; selvage

Vertical SPECIMEN perf; all-zero s/n

No date (circa 1931) Sig unknown Unissued Unconfirmed

No ovpt; no perf; no sig ; no s/n

No date (circa 1932) Sig Roulleau/Platet/Strohl Unissued Unconfirmed

No ovpt; no perf; all-zero s/n

08 11 1934 - 11 07 1935 Sig Roulleau/Boyer/Strohl Series 1 - 36 900,000,000 notes Intro: 26 09 1938

13 10 1938 Sig de Bletterie/Rousseau/Favre-Gilly Series 37 - 60 600,000,000 notes

08 12 1938 - 26 12 1940 Darker crosshatching on globe and figurine on back Series 61 - 492 10,800,000 notes

10 04 1941 - 27 04 1944 Sig Belin/Rousseau/Favre-Gilly Series 493 - 1284 19,800,000 notes

No ovpt; no perf; all-zero s/n

Two vertical ANNULÉ perfs; all-zero s/n

Separate front/back on card stock; no ovpt; no perf; all-zero s/n

Diagonal and horizontal SPECIMEN perfs; all-zero s/n

No date (1938) Sig Rousseau/Favre-Gilly Series A - H, J - V, X - Z 24,000,000 notes Intro: 03 06 1945

Separate front/back on card stock; no ovpt; no perf; no date; no sig ; no s/n

Separate front/back; diagonal black SPÉCIMEN ovpt front/back; normal s/n

Diagonal black No # / SPÉCIMEN ovpt front; diagonal SPECIMEN perf; all-zero s/n

Diagonal or vertical SPECIMEN perf; all-zero s/n

Replacement: Series W 852,000 notes

No date (1938) Sig Rousseau/Favre-Gilly Unissued Unconfirmed

Uniface front; no ovpt; no perf; all-zero s/n

No date (28 09 1938) Sig Rousseau/Favre-Gilly Prefix A - G 7,000,000 notes Unissued Unconfirmed

No ovpt; no perf; all-zero s/n

Vertical SPECIMEN and ANNULÉ perfs; all-zero s/n

Replacement: Prefix W 600,000 notes Unconfirmed

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

Separate front/back on card stock; no ovpt; no perf; no date; no sig ; no s/n

Separate front/back; no ovpt; no perf; fictitious date; all-zero s/n

Diagonal black SPÉCIMEN / No # ovpt front; vertical SPECIMEN perf; all-zero s/n

Diagonal or vertical SPECIMEN perf; all-zero s/n

Two diagonal black ANNULÉ ovpt front; all-zero s/n

13 06 1940 - 15 05 1942 Sig Rousseau/Favre-Gilly Series 1 - 178 4,450,000 notes Intro: 23 01 1941

Separate front/back; no ovpt; no perf; no date; no sig ; no s/n

Vertical SPECIMEN perf; all-zero s/n

No ovpt; no perf; all-zero s/n

19 05 1939 - 23 04 1942 Sig Rousseau/Favre-Gilly Series 1 - 30426 760,650,000 notes Intro: 13 08 1940

Separate front/back on card stock; no ovpt; no perf; fictitious date; all-zero s/n

Diagonal or vertical SPECIMEN perf; all-zero s/n

04 01 1940 - 16 01 1941 Sig de Bletterie/Rousseau/Favre-Gilly Series 1 - 2040 51,000,000 notes Intro: 25 02 1941

06 02 1941 - 17 05 1944 Sig Belin/Rousseau/Favre-Gilly Series 2041 - 8232

Two diagonal black ANNULÉ ovpts front; all-zero s/n

No ovpt; no perf; all-zero s/n

24 10 1940 - 19 12 1940 Sig de Bletterie/Rousseau/Favre-Gilly Series 1 - 1440 36,000,000 notes Intro: 19 05 1944

06 02 1941 - 12 10 1944 Sig Belin/Rousseau//Favre-Gilly Series 1441 - 6384 123,600,000 notes

Horizontal SPECIMEN perf; all-zero s/n

02 06 1943 - 05 04 1945 Sig Rousseau/Favre-Gilly Series 1 - 144 360,000,000 notes Intro: 21 08 1943

30 10 1947 Sig Rousseau/Gargam Series 145 - 159 37,500,000 notes

Diagonal black SPÉCIMEN / No # ovpt front; diagonal SPECIMEN perf; all-zero s/n

Diagonal or horizontal SPECIMEN perf; all-zero s/n

11 09 1941 - 09 01 1947 Sig Rousseau/Favre-Gilly Series 1 - 138 345,000,000 notes Intro: 12 11 1943

30 10 1947 - 30 06 1949 Sig Rousseau/Gargam Series 139 - 206 170,000,000 notes

No ovpt; no perf; all-zero s/n; selvage

Diagonal black SPÉCIMEN / No # ovpt front; diagonal SPECIMEN perf; all-zero s/n

Diagonal or vertical SPECIMEN perf; all-zero s/n

12 02 1942 - 09 01 1947 Sig Rousseau/Favre-Gilly Series 1 - 162 405,000,000 notes Intro: 18 12 1942

29 01 1948 - 09 02 1950 Sig Rousseau/Gargam Series 163 - 247 212,500,000 notes

Diagonal black SPÉCIMEN / No # ovpt front; diagonal SPECIMEN perf; all-zero s/n

Diagonal or horizontal SPECIMEN perf; all-zero s/n

Diagonal ANNULÉ perf; all-zero s/n

15 05 1942 - 12 10 1944 Sig Rousseau/Favre-Gilly Series 1 - 120 300,000,000 notes Intro: 19 07 1944

No ovpt; no perf; no date; no sig ; no s/n

Separate front/back; no ovpt; no perf; no date; no sig ; no s/n

Diagonal SPECIMEN perf; all-zero s/n

14 01 1943 Sig Belin/Rousseau/Favre-Gilly Series 1 - 120 300,000,000 notes Unissued

No ovpt; no perf; all-zero s/n

Horizontal B d F / ANNULE / B d F perf; low s/n

28 05 1942 - 20 01 1944 Sig Rousseau/Belin/Favre-Gilly Series 1 - 11088 277,200,000 notes Intro: 26 10 1942

Vertical SPECIMEN perf; all-zero s/n

05 03 1942 - 09 01 1947 Sig Belin/Rousseau/Favre-Gilly Series 1 - 3216 80,400,000 notes Intro: 05 06 1945

20 03 1947 - 25 09 1947 Sig Belin/Rousseau/Gargam Series 3217 - 4053 20,925,000 notes

No ovpt; no perf; all-zero s/n; selvage

Diagonal, horizontal, or vertical SPECIMEN perfs; all-zero s/n

No date (circa 1946) Sig Rousseau/Favre-Gilly Series A Unissued Unconfirmed

No ovpt; no perf; all-zero s/n

14 03 1946 - 03 10 1946 Sig Rousseau/Favre-Gilly Series 1 - 42 105,000,000 notes Intro: 10 03 1947

20 03 1947 - 02 03 1950 Sig Rousseau/Gargam Series 43 - 150 2,770,000,000 notes

29 06 1950 - 01 02 1951 Sig Cormier/Gargam Series 151 - 177 67,500,000 notes

07 06 1951 Sig d’Ambrieres/Gargam Series 178, 179 5,000,000 notes

Diagonal black SPÉCIMEN / No # ovpt front; diagonal SPECIMEN perf; all-zero s/n

Diagonal diagonal SPECIMEN perf; all-zero s/n

07 11 1945 - 09 01 1947 Sig Rousseau/Favre-Gilly Series 1 - 196 490,000,000 notes Intro: 10 03 1947

03 04 1947 - 19 05 1949 Sig Rousseau/Gargam Series 197 - 352 390,000,000 notes

17 07 1947 Sig Rousseau/Favre-Gilly (error) Series 203, 204 5,000,000 notes

29 06 1950 - 16 11 1950 Sig Cormier/Gargam Series 353 - 394 105,000,000 notes

06 09 1951 - 01 04 1954 Sig d’Ambrieres/Gargam Series 395 - 606 530,000,000 notes

02 10 1952, 06 08 1953, 01 10 1953, 07 01 1954, 04 03 1954, 01 04 1954 Wmk: Hair parted on left (error) Series 495 - 594 (not all notes in range have watermark error)

Diagonal black SPÉCIMEN / No # ovpt front; diagonal SPECIMEN perf; all-zero s/n

Diagonal black No # / SPÉCIMEN ovpt front; diagonal SPECIMEN perf; all-zero s/n

Diagonal SPECIMEN perf; all-zero s/n

No ovpt; no perf; all-zero s/n

19 07 1945 - 09 01 1947 Sig Belin/Rousseau/Favre-Gilly Series 1 - 102 255,000,000 notes Intro: 20 05 1946

13 05 1948 Sig Belin/Rousseau/Gargam Series 103 - 108 15,000,000 notes

03 07 1952 - 02 07 1953 Sig Belin/d’Ambrieres/Gargam Series 109 - 146 95,000,000 notes

Diagonal black SPÉCIMEN / No # ovpt front; diagonal SPECIMEN perf; all-zero s/n

Diagonal SPECIMEN perf; all-zero s/n

Separate front/back; no ovpt; no perf; no date; no sig ; no s/n

12 04 1945 - 09 01 1947 Sig Belin/Rousseau/Favre-Gilly Series 1 - 372 930,000,000 notes Intro: 02 07 1945

11 03 1948 - 20 04 1950 Sig Belin/Rousseau/Gargam Series 373 - 662 725,000,000 notes

29 06 1950 Sig Belin/Cormier/Gargam Series 663 - 681 47,500,000 notes

Diagonal, horizontal, or vertical SPECIMEN perf; all-zero s/n

Diagonal black SPÉCIMEN / No # ovpt front; two diagonal SPECIMEN perfs; all-zero s/n

No date (circa 1947) Sig Rousseau/Belin/Gargam Series unknown 10,000,000 notes Unissued Unconfirmed

Separate front/back

No ovpt; no perf; no wmk; all-zero s/n

10 03 1949 - 03 11 1949 Sig Belin/Rousseau/Gargam Series 1 - 37 92,500,000 notes Intro: 21 07 1950

01 02 1951 - 05 04 1951 Sig Belin/Cormier/Gargam Series 38 - 67 75,000,000 notes

16 08 1951 - 06 12 1956 Sig Belin/d’Ambrieres/Gargam Series 68 - 154 217,500,000 notes

07 03 1957 - 07 11 1957 Sig d’Ambrieres/Favre-Gilly/Gargam Series 155 - 182 70,000,000 notes

Diagonal black SPÉCIMEN / No # ovpt front; two diagonal SPECIMEN perfs; all-zero s/n

Two diagonal SPECIMEN perfs; all-zero s/n

No ovpt; no perf; all-zero s/n

27 12 1945 - 09 01 1947 Sig Favre-Gilly/Belin/Rousseau Series 1 - 456 11,400,000 notes Intro: 21 07 1950

03 11 1949 - 16 02 1950 Sig Gargam/Belin/Rousseau Series 457 - 744 7,200,000 notes

08 06 1950 - 05 04 1951 Sig Gargam/Belin/Cormier Series 745 - 1392 16,175,000 notes

04 05 1951 - 07 06 1956 Sig Gargam/Belin/d’Ambrieres Series 1393 - 11862 261,750,000 notes

No ovpt; no perf; all-zero s/n; selvage

Diagonal black SPÉCIMEN / No # ovpt front; diagonal and horizontal SPECIMEN perfs; all-zero s/n

Diagonal and/or horizontal SPECIMEN perfs; all-zero s/n

07 01 1954 - 04 08 1955 Sig Belin/d’Ambrieres/Gargam Series 1 - 78 195,000,000 notes Intro: 12 10 1954

07 02 1957 - 30 10 1958 Sig d’Ambrieres/Favre-Gilly/Gargam Series 79 - 112 85,000,000 notes

Diagonal black SPÉCIMEN / No # ovpt front; vertical SPECIMEN perf; all-zero s/n

Diagonal black SPÉCIMEN ovpt front/back; all-zero s/n

02 04 1953 - 06 12 1956 Sig Belin/d’Ambrieres/Gargam Series 1 - 312 780,000,000 notes Intro: 06 12 1955

07 03 1957 - 05 09 1957 Sig d’Ambrieres/Favre-Gilly/Gargam Series 313 - 336 60,000,000 notes

Diagonal black No # / SPÉCIMEN ovpt front; diagonal SPECIMEN perf; all-zero s/n

No date (circa 1955) Sig unknown Series unknown Unissued Unconfirmed

Separate front/back; no ovpt; no perf; no wmk; no date; no sig ; no s/n

07 02 1957 - 10 07 1958 Sig d’Ambrieres/Favre-Gilly/Gargam Series 1 - 68 170,000,000 notes Intro: 21 11 1954

Separate front/back; no ovpt; no perf; all-zero s/n

Diagonal black SPÉCIMEN / No # ovpt front; horizontal SPECIMEN perf; all-zero s/n

No ovpt; no perf; all-zero s/n

01 12 1955 - 06 12 1956 Sig Belin/d’Ambrieres/Gargam Series 1 - 56 140,000,000 notes Intro: 11 12 1956

04 04 1957 - 30 10 1958 Sig d’Ambrieres/Favre-Gilly/Gargam Series 57 - 156 250,000,000 notes

Separate front/back; no ovpt; no perf; all-zero s/n

Diagonal black SPÉCIMEN / No # ovpt front; horizontal SPECIMEN perf; all-zero s/n

No ovpt; no perf; all-zero s/n

No date (circa 1956) Sig d’Ambrieres/Favre-Gilly/Gargam Unissued Unconfirmed

No ovpt; no perf; no date; no s/n; no wmk

No ovpt; no perf; all-zero s/n

Diagonal SPECIMEN perf; no date; no s/n; no wmk

30 10 1958 Sig d’Ambrieres/Favre-Gilly/Gargam Series 113, 114 5,000,000 notes Intro: 15 07 1959

12 02 1959 Sig d’Ambrieres/Tondu/Gargam Series 115 - 122 20,000,000 notes

Diagonal black SPÉCIMEN / No # ovpt front; vertical SPECIMEN perf; all-zero s/n

No ovpt; no perf; all-zero s/n

07 03 1957 Sig d’Ambrieres/Favre-Gilly/Gargam Series 325 - 334 25,000,000 notes Intro: 15 07 1959 )

Horizontal black SPÉCIMEN / No # ovpt front; vertical SPECIMEN perf; all-zero s/n

Vertical SPECIMEN perf; all-zero s/n

30 10 1958 Sig d’Ambrieres/Favre-Gilly/Gargam Series 89 - 96 2,500,000 notes Intro: 15 07 1959

05 03 1959 Sig d’Ambrieres/Tondu/Gargam Series 97 - 101 12,500,000 notes

Separate front/back; no ovpt; no perf; all-zero s/n

Diagonal black SPÉCIMEN / No # ovpt front; vertical SPECIMEN perf; all-zero s/n

Vertical SPECIMEN perf; all-zero s/n

No ovpt; no perf; all-zero s/n

30 10 1958 Sig d’Ambrieres/Favre-Gilly/Gargam Series 89 - 96 20,000,000 notes Intro: 15 07 1959

Diagonal black SPÉCIMEN / No # ovpt front; vertical SPECIMEN perf; all-zero s/n

Vertical SPECIMEN perf; all-zero s/n

No ovpt; no perf; all-zero s/n

06 02 1958 Sig d’Ambrieres/Favre-Gilly/Gargam Series 1 - 6 15,000,000 notes Intro: 15 07 1959

No ovpt; no perf; no s/n

No ovpt; no perf; all-zero s/n

05 03 1959 - 05 11 1965 Sig d’Ambrieres/Tondu/Gargam Series 1 - 161 402,500,000 notes Intro: 04 01 1960

Diagonal black SPÉCIMEN / No # ovpt front; vertical SPECIMEN perf; all-zero s/n

No ovpt; no perf; all-zero s/n

05 03 1959 - 04 01 1963 Sig d’Ambrieres/Tondu/Gargam Series 1 - 257 642,500,000 notes Intro: 04 01 1960

Separate front/back; no ovpt; no perf; all-zero s/n

Horizontal black SPÉCIMEN / No # ovpt front; vertical SPECIMEN perf; all-zero s/n

05 03 1959 - 06 07 1961 Sig d’Ambrieres/Tondu/Gargam Series 1 - 69 172,500,000 notes Intro: 04 01 1960

Diagonal black SPÉCIMEN / No # ovpt front; vertical SPECIMEN perf; all-zero s/n

No ovpt; no perf; all-zero s/n

05 03 1959 - 02 04 1964 Sig d’Ambrieres/Tondu/Gargam Series 1 - 298 745,000,000 notes Intro: 04 01 1960

Separate front/back; diagonal black SPÉCIMEN ovpt front/back; all-zero s/n

Diagonal black SPÉCIMEN / No # ovpt front; vertical SPECIMEN perf; all-zero s/n

Horizontal SPECIMEN perf; all-zero s/n

No ovpt; no perf; all-zero s/n

02 07 1959 - 08 01 1965 Sig d’Ambrieres/Tondu/Gargam Series 1 - 21 52,500,000 notes Intro: 04 01 1960

06 01 1966 Sig Morant/Tondu/Gargam Series 22 - 25 10,000,000 notes

Separate front/back; diagonal black SPÉCIMEN ovpt front/back; all-zero s/n

Diagonal black SPÉCIMEN / No # ovpt front; vertical SPECIMEN perf; all-zero s/n

Vertical SPECIMEN perf; all-zero s/n

No ovpt; no perf; all-zero s/n

05 05 1966 - 04 11 1966 Sig Tondu/Gargam/Morant Series 1 - 48 120,000,000 notes Intro: 03 01 1967

05 05 1967 - 08 01 1970 Sig Tondu/Morant/Bouchet Series 49 - 127 197,500,000 notes

Separate front/back; diagonal black SPÉCIMEN ovpt front/back; all-zero s/n

Diagonal black SPÉCIMEN ovpt front/back; vertical SPECIMEN perf; all-zero s/n

Vertical SPECIMEN perf; all-zero s/n

No ovpt; no perf; no date; no sig ; no s/n

04 01 1963 - 02 12 1965 Sig d’Ambrieres/Gargam/Tondu Series 1 - 210 525,000,000 notes Intro: 02 01 1964

06 01 1966 - 06 04 1967 Sig Morant/Gargam/Tondu Series 211 - 334 310,000,000 notes

06 07 1967 - 04 02 1971 Sig Bouchet/Morant/Tondu Series 335 - 673 847,500,000 notes

03 06 1971 - 06 12 1973 Sig Bouchet/Morant/Vergnes Series 674 - 961 720,000,000 notes

Separate front/back; no ovpt; no perf; all-zero s/n; selvage

Diagonal black SPÉCIMEN / No # ovpt front; vertical SPECIMEN perf; all-zero s/n

07 06 1962 - 04 03 1965 Sig d’Ambrieres/Tondu/Gargam Series 1 - 96 240,000,000 notes Intro: 02 01 1963

02 02 1967 Sig Morant/Tondu/Gargam Series 97 - 108 30,000,000 notes

07 12 1967 - 05 11 1970 Sig Bouchet/Tondu/Morant Series 109 - 172 160,000,000 notes

03 06 1971 - 03 10 1974 Sig Bouchet/Vergnes/Morant Series 173 - 260 220,000,000 notes

06 03 1975 - 02 10 1975 Sig Bouchet/Tronche/Morant Series 261 - 284 60,000,000 notes

02 01 1976 - 03 06 1976 Sig Bouchet/Tronche/Strohl Series 285 - 300 40,000,000 notes

No ovpt; no perf; all-zero s/n; selvage

Diagonal black SPÉCIMEN / No # ovpt front; vertical SPECIMEN perf; all-zero s/n

Diagonal ANNULÉ perf; all-zero s/n

Vertical SPECIMEN perf; all-zero s/n

No ovpt; no perf; all-zero s/n

02 04 1964 - 02 12 1965 Sig Tondu/d’Ambrieres/Gargam Series 1 - 128 320,000,000 notes Intro: 19 01 1965

03 02 1966 - 06 04 1967 Sig Tondu/Morant/Gargam Series 129 - 256 320,000,000 notes

05 10 1967 - 01 04 1971 Sig Tondu/Bouchet/Morant Series 257 - 560 760,000,000 notes

01 07 1971 - 03 10 1974 Sig Vergnes/Bouchet/Morant Series 561 - 832 680,000,000 notes

06 02 1975 - 06 11 1975 Sig Tronche/Bouchet/Morant Series 833 - 904 860,000,000 notes

02 01 1976 - 01 02 1979 Sig Tronche/Bouchet/Strohl Series 905 - 1248 857,500,000 notes

Diagonal black SPÉCIMEN / No # ovpt front; vertical SPECIMEN perf; all-zero s/n

No ovpt; no perf; all-zero s/n

Separate front/back; no ovpt; no perf; all-zero s/n

23 11 1972 - 03 10 1974 Sig Morant/Bouchet/Vergnes Series 1 - 127 317,500,000 notes Intro: 05 11 1974

06 02 1975 - 04 12 1975 Sig Morant/Bouchet/Tronche Series 128 - 263 337,500,000 notes

02 01 1976 - 06 07 1978 Sig Strohl/Bouchet/Tronche Series 265 - 306 625,000,000 notes

Diagonal black SPÉCIMEN / No # ovpt front; vertical SPECIMEN perf; all-zero s/n

Diagonal black SPÉCIMEN / No # ovpt front/back; all-zero s/n

No ovpt; no perf; all-zero s/n

No ovpt; no perf; sig Tondu/Morant/Bouchet; all-zero s/n

1980 Sig Tronche/Dentaud/Strohl No security thread Old penal code Series 1 - 6 150,000,000 notes Intro: 06 10 1981

1981 Series 7, 8 50,000,000 notes

1982 Series 9 25,000,000 notes

1983 Series 10 - 12 75,000,000 notes

1984 Series 13, 14 50,000,000 notes

1985 Series 15 25,000,000 notes

1986 Series 16, 17 50,000,000 notes

1987 Sig Ferman/Dentaud/Strohl Series 18 - 22 125,000,000 notes

1988 Sig Dentaud/Charriau/Ferman Series 23 25,000,000 notes

1989 Series 24, 25 50,000,000 notes

1990 Solid security thread Series 27 - 31 125,000,000 notes

1991 Sig Dentaud/Charriau/Bruneel Series 32 - 34 75,000,000 notes

1992 Sig Bonnardin/Charriau/Bruneel Series 35 - 37 75,000,000 notes

1993 Series 38 - 40 75,000,000 notes

Sig Bonnardin/Vigier/Bruneel Series 41 - 46 150,000,000 notes

1995 New penal code Series 47 - 49 75,000,000 notes

1997 Series 50 - 64 375,000,000 notes

Diagonal black SPÉCIMEN / No # ovpt front; vertical SPECIMEN perf; all-zero s/n

Diagonal black hollow SPÉCIMEN / No # ovpt front/back; all-zero s/n

Vertical SPECIMEN perf; all-zero s/n

Horizontal SPECIMEN perf; all-zero s/n

Diagonal red hollow SPÉCIMEN / No # ovpt front; vertical SPECIMEN perf; all-zero s/n

No ovpt; no perf; no date; no sig ; all-zero s/n

1976 Sig Bouchet/Strohl/Tronche Series 1 - 3 75,000,000 notes Intro: 05 04 1977

1977 Series 4 - 9 150,000,000 notes

1978 Series 10 - 13 100,000,000 notes

1979 Series 14 - 16 75,000,000 notes

1979 Sig Dentaud/Strohl/Tronche Series 17 25,000,000 notes

1980 Series 18 - 21 100,000,000 notes

1981 Series 22 - 25 100,000,000 notes

1982 Series 26 - 29 100,000,000 notes

1983 Series 30 - 35 150,000,000 notes

1984 Series 36 - 40 125,000,000 notes

1985 Series 41 - 43 75,000,000 notes

1986 Series 44 - 46 75,000,000 notes

1987 Sig Ferman/Strohl/Dentaud Series 47 - 49 75,000,000 notes

1988 Sig Dentaud/Ferman/Charriau Series 50 - 54 125,000,000 notes

1989 Series 55 - 58 100,000,000 notes

1990 Sig Dentaud/Bruneel/Charriau Series 59 - 62 100,000,000 notes

1991 Series 63 - 69 175,000,000 notes

1992 Sig Bonnardin/Bruneel/Charriau Series 70 - 74 125,000,000 notes

Diagonal black SPÉCIMEN / No # ovpt front; vertical SPECIMEN perf; all-zero s/n

No ovpt; no perf; sig Tondu/Morant/Bouchet; all-zero s/n

1978 Sig Strohl/Bouchet/Tronche Hollow CENT / FRANCS Old penal code Series 1 - 4 100,000,000 notes Intro: 02 08 1979

1978 Shaded CENT / FRANCS Series 2 - 9 200,000,000 notes

1979 Series 10 - 18 225,000,000 notes

Sig Strohl/Tronche/Dentaud Series 19 - 21 75,000,000 notes

1980 Series 22 - 42 525,000,000 notes

1981 Series 43 - 54 300,000,000 notes

1982 Series 55 - 63 225,000,000 notes

1983 Series 64 - 69 150,000,000 notes

1984 Series 70 - 89 500,000,000 notes

1985 Series 90 - 101 300,000,000 notes

1986 Series 102 - 115 350,000,000 notes

1987 Sig Strohl/Ferman/Dentaud Series 116 - 127 300,000,000 notes

1988 Sig Ferman/Dentaud/Charriau Series 128 - 130 75,000,000 notes

1989 Series 131 - 134, 140 - 142, 144 - 148, 154 - 156 375,000,000 notes

1990 Series 135 - 139, 143 150,000,000 notes

Sig Bruneel/Dentaud/Charriau Series 149 - 153, 157 - 169, 173 - 180, 188, 189 700,000,000 notes

1991 Series 170 - 172, 181 - 187, 202, 203

Sig Bruneel/Bonnardin/Charriau Series 190 - 201, 204, 205 350,000,000 notes

1993 Sig Bruneel/Bonnardin/Vigier Series 207 - 256 1,200,000,000 notes

1994 New penal code Series 260 - 271, 279 - 284 450,000,000 notes

1995 Series 257 259, 272 - 278, 285 - 298 600,000,000 notes

Diagonal black SPÉCIMEN / No # ovpt front; vertical SPECIMEN perf; all-zero s/n

No ovpt; no perf; all-zero s/n

Diagonal ANNULÉ ovpt pattern front/back; normal s/n

Vertical SPECIMEN perf; all-zero s/n

Diagonal red hollow SPÉCIMEN / No # ovpt front; vertical SPECIMEN perf; all-zero s/n

No ovpt; no perf; no date; no sig ; no s/n

1981 Sig Strohl/Dentaud/Tronche Old penal code Series 1 - 8 160,000,000 notes Intro: 07 07 1982

1982 Series 9 - 13 100,000,000 notes

1983 Series 14 - 21 160,000,000 notes

1984 Series 22 - 26 100,000,000 notes

1985 Series 27 - 37 220,000,000 notes

1986 Series 38 - 43 100,000,000 notes

Series H 042 upper left; H 402 lower right (error)

1987 Sig Strohl/Dentaud/Ferman Series 44 - 55 240,000,000 notes

1988 Sig Ferman/Charriau/Dentaud Series 56 - 62 140,000,000 notes

1989 Series 63 - 76 280,000,000 notes

1990 Sig Bruneel/Charriau/Dentaud Series 77 - 86, 93 - 100, 113 - 115

1991 Series 87 - 92 150,000,000 notes

1992 Sig Bruneel/Charriau/Bonnardin Series 101 - 112, 116 - 125, 127 - 154

1994 Sig Bruneel/Vigier/Bonnardin New penal code Series 155 - 168 280,000,000 notes

Diagonal black SpÉcimen / No # ovpt front; vertical Specimen perf; all-zero s/n

No ovpt; no perf; all-zero s/n

04 01 1968 - 08 01 1970 Sig Bouchet/Tondu/Morant Series 1 - 23 575,000,000 notes Intro: 07 01 1969

05 08 1971 - 05 09 1974 Sig Bouchet/Vergnes/Morant Series 24 - 43 500,000,000 notes

05 12 1974 - 06 11 1975 Sig Bouchet/Tronche/Morant Series 44 - 55 300,000,000 notes

01 04 1976 - 07 06 1979 Sig Bouchet/Tronche/Strohl Series 56 - 101 1,150,000,000 notes

07 06 1979 - 06 02 1986 Sig Tronche/Dentaud/Strohl Series 102 - 244 3,575,000,000 notes

08 01 1987 - 05 11 1987 Sig Ferman/Dentaud/Strohl Series 245 - 269 625,000,000 notes

03 03 1988 - 01 02 1990 Sig Dentaud/Charriau/Ferman Series 270 - 312 1,075,000,000 notes

05 07 1990 - 02 05 1991 Sig Dentaud/Charriau/Bruneel Series 313 - 350 950,000,000 notes

03 10 1991 - 07 01 1993 Sig Bonnardin/Charriau/Bruneel Series 351 - 404 1,350,000,000 notes

02 09 1993 Sig Bonnardin/Vigier/Bruneel Series 405 - 412 200,000,000 notes

Diagonal black SpÉcimen / No # ovpt front; vertical Specimen perf; all-zero s/n

No ovpt; no perf; all-zero s/n

Diagonal red hollow SpÉcimen / No # ovpt front; vertical Specimen perf; all-zero s/n

1982 Sig Tronche/Dentaud/Strohl Series unknown Unissued Unconfirmed

Separate front/back; no ovpt; no perf; no wmk; no date; no sig ; no s/n; selvage

No ovpt; no perf; no wmk; all-zero s/n

1988 Sig Charriau/Dentaud/Ferman Series unknown Unissued Unconfirmed

Vertical SPECIMEN perf; normal s/n

1984 Sig Strohl/Dentaud/Tronche Series unknown Unissued Unconfirmed

No ovpt; no perf; all-zero s/n

1992 Sig Bruneel/Bonnardin/Charriau Antoine de Saint-Éxupéry 1900-1944 vertically in one line above Little Prince on front Old penal code Intro: 20 10 1993

1993 Sig Bruneel/Bonnardin/Vigier

1994 Antoine de Saint-Exupéry / 1900-1944 vertically in two lines above Little Prince on front New penal code Underlined Gal (General) in titles

Without underlined Gal (General) in titles

1996 Sig Bruneel/Bonnardin/Barroux

1997

1999

Diagonal Specimen perf; normal s/n

Diagonal red hollow SpÉcimen / No # ovpt front; vertical Specimen perf; all-zero s/n

1997 Sig Bruneel/Bonnardin/Barroux Intro: 15 12 1997

1998

Diagonal red hollow SPÉCIMEN / No # ovpt front; vertical SPECIMEN perf; all-zero s/n

No ovpt; no perf; dated 1996; no s/n

1995 Sig Bruneel/Bonnardin/Vigier Intro: 29 10 1996

1996

Sig Bruneel/Bonnardin/Barroux

1997

1999

Diagonal red hollow SPÉCIMEN / No # ovpt front; vertical SPECIMEN perf; all-zero s/n

1994 Sig Bruneel/Bonnardin/Vigier Intro: 22 03 1995

1995

1996

1998 Sig Bruneel/Bonnardin/Barroux

2000 Sig Barroux/Bonnardin/Vienney

Diagonal red hollow SPÉCIMEN / No # ovpt front; vertical SPECIMEN perf; all-zero s/n

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