Description



1000 FRANCS CERES AND MERCURY modified type FRANCE 1940



Size: 130 x 235mm

Date of creation/issue: 30 - 05 - 1940

Issued: July 08, 1937 - July 18, 1940

Date of withdrawal: May 19, 1944

End of legal tender: 04 June 1945

Obverse description: Ceres and Mercury. Two children symbolizing Agriculture (left), and Trade (right)

Reverse description: Allegory of the Banque de FRANCe ("Wisdom fixes Fortune"). A blacksmith and Andre-Marie Ampere, a painter and Louis Pasteur

Watermark: Ceres and Mercury in profile







Please note:

This is a private sale and not a commercial transaction, unfortunately I have to exclude any warranty, liability, as well as return of the item according to today's law!