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France pick 64e: 50 Francs from 1907
16.7.1907-8.11.1919. Blue on lilac underprint. Similar to p62. Women at left and right, two small angels above, caduceus at each corner. Five women in medallions at center. Back: Allegorical figures.
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France pick 70: 5 Francs from 1912
2.1.1912-2.2.1917. Blue. Man standing at left, woman standing with staff at right. Back: Ornaments.
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France pick 72a: 5 Francs from 1917
1.12.1917-23.1.1919. Lilac. Woman wearing helmet at left. Back: Dock worker and sailing ship. Signature titles: LE CAISSIER PRINCIPAL and LE SECRÉTAIRE GÉNÉRAL.
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France pick 72c: 5 Francs from 1922
1.5.1922-21.7.1925. Lilac. Woman wearing helmet at left. Back: Dock worker and sailing ship. Signature titles: LE CAISSIER PRINCIPAL and LE SECRÉTAIRE GÉNÉRAL.
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France pick 72d: 5 Francs from 1926
1.7.1926-29.12.1932. Lilac. Woman wearing helmet at left. Back: Dock worker and sailing ship. Signature titles: LE CAISSIER PRINCIPAL and LE SECRÉTAIRE GÉNÉRAL.
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France pick 72e: 5 Francs from 1933
5.1.1933-14.9.1933. Lilac. Woman wearing helmet at left. Back: Dock worker and sailing ship. Signature titles: LE CAISSIER PRINCIPAL and LE SECRÉTAIRE GÉNÉRAL.
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France pick 73c: 10 Francs from 1922
1.5.1922-26.6.1926. Blue. Minerva at upper left. Back: Sitting farm woman. Signature titles: LE CAISSIER PRINCIPAL and LE SECRÉTAIRE GÉNÉRAL.
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France pick 74a: 20 Francs from 1916
1.7.1916-21.2.1919. Blue. Portrait Bayard at left. Back: Farmer with scythe.
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France pick 77a: 50 Francs from 1927
11.2.1927-13.12.1929. Brown, blue and multicolor. Two angels above, Mercury below. Artist\'s name Luc-Olivier Merson below frame. Back: Woman and man in two wreaths. Artist\'s name Luc-Olivier Merson below frame.
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France pick 78c: 100 Francs from 1933
12.1.1933-30.6.1937. Multicolor. Woman with child at left and right.Recess in the frame for serial number expanded from 20 to 23 mm. Signature title: LE CAISSIER PRINCIPAL.
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France pick 79b: 1000 Francs from 1930
1.4.1930-29.12.1932. Light brown, blue and multicolor. Ceres at left, Mercury at right, two small angels below. Back: Four different craftsmen. Signature title: LE CAISSIER PRINCIPAL.
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France pick 80a: 50 Francs from 1930
24.7.1930-29.12.1932. Brown, blue and multicolor. Two angels above, Mercury below. Back: Woman and man in Two wreaths.
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France pick 80b: 50 Francs from 1933
12.1.1933-16.8.1934. Brown, blue and multicolor. Two angels above, Mercury below. Back: Woman and man in Two wreaths.
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France pick 81: 50 Francs from 1934
15.11.1934-30.6.1937. Brown and multicolor. Ceres and Park of Versailles at left, reclining figure at right. Back: Mercury at right with caduceus. Signature title: LE CAISSIER PRINCIPAL.
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France pick 84a: 10 Francs from 1939
2.2.1939-5.3.1942. Blue. Minerva at upper left. Back: Sitting farm woman. With signature title: LE CAISSIER GÉNÉRAL.
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France pick 85b: 50 Francs from 1937
4.11.1937-18.4.1940. Ceres and Park of Versailes at left, reclining figure at right. Back: Mercury at right with caduceus. With signature title: LE CAISSIER GÉNÉRAL.
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France pick 86b: 100 Francs from 1937
9.12.1937-14.9.1939. Multicolor. Minerva at upper left. Back: Sitting farm woman. With signature title: LE CAISSIER GÉNÉRAL. Thin or thicker paper.
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France pick 87a: 300 Francs from 1938
ND (1938). Brown and multicolor. Ceres at left. Back: Mercury at right.
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France pick 88c: 500 Francs from 1938
24.3.1938-18.1.1940. Blue on pink underprint. Woman at left, Mercury at right. Back: Ornate oval border with cherubs, animals and three figures at bottom. With signature title: LE CAISSIER GÉNÉRAL.
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France pick 90c: 1000 Francs from 1938
24.3.1938-25.7.1940. Ochre, blue and multicolor. Ceres at left, Mercury at right, two small angels below. Back: Four different craftsmen. With signature title: LE CAISSIER GÉNÉRAL. Thin or thicker paper.
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France pick 92b: 20 Francs from 1940
17.10.1940-4.12.1941. Blue on multicolor underprint. Allegories of Science and Labor at right. Back: Scientist and city view with bridge at left.
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France pick 93: 50 Francs from 1940
13.6.1940-15.5.1942. Brown, green and multicolor. Jacques Coeur at left. Back: Scene in Bourges, woman at right.
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France pick 94: 100 Francs from 1939
19.5.1939-23.4.1942. Brown and multicolor. Woman and child with background of Paris. Back: Maximilien de Béthune, Duc de Sully, looking over field scene with farm, castle, rivers.
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France pick 95b: 500 Francs from 1941
6.2.1941-25.2.1943. Green, lilac and multicolor. Pax with wreath at left. Back: Man and woman at right.
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France pick 96a: 1000 Francs from 1940
24.10.1940-19.12.1940. Multicolor. Woman at left and right. Back: Blacksmith and Mercury.
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France pick 97d: 5000 Francs from 1943
7.1.1943-18.3.1943. Woman with Victory statuette and olive branch at center.
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France pick 98a: 5 Francs from 1943
2.6.1943-5.4.1945. Blue, green and multicolor. Pyrenean shepherd at right. Back: Woman and flowers.
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France pick 98b: 5 Francs from 1947
30.10.1947. Blue, green and multicolor. Pyrenean shepherd at right. Back: Woman and flowers.
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France pick 99d: 10 Francs from 1942
15.10.1942; 9.9.1943. Brown and multicolor. Miners at left, another at right. Back: Cows at left, farm woman and child at right.
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France pick 99e: 10 Francs from 1942
26.11.1942; 25.3.1943; 13.1.1944; 22.6.1944-9.1.1947. Brown and multicolor. Miners at left, another at right. Back: Cows at left, farm woman and child at right.
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France pick 100a: 20 Francs from 1942
12.2.1942-17.5.1944. Red and multicolor. Breton fisherman at right. Back: Two women at left center, Breton calvary statuary at right.
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France pick 100c: 20 Francs from 1948
29.1.1948-3.11.1949. Red and multicolor. Breton fisherman at right. Back: Two women at left center, Breton calvary statuary at right.
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France pick 101a: 100 Francs from 1942
15.5.1942 - 14.12.1944. Multicolor. Descartes at right. Allegorical female reclining at left. Back: Angel.
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France pick 102: 1000 Francs from 1942
28.5.1942-6.4.1944. Brown and multicolor. Ceres seated with Hermes at right. Back: Mercury.
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France pick 103c: 5000 Francs from 1945
18.1.1945-9.1.1947. Brown, red and multicolor. Allegory of France with three men (French colonies) at center. Back: Same woman alone, but with scenes from colonies.
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France pick 105a: 100 Francs from 1943
2.10.1943. Blue on green and violet underprint. Portrait Marianne at center. Back: Anchor, barrel, bale, other implements at center. Printer: English. Issued in Corsica.
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France pick 106a: 500 Francs from 1944
ND (1944). Brown. Portrait Marianne at left. 2 serial number varieties. Printer: TDLR (without imprint).
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France pick 107a: 1000 Francs from 1944
ND (1944). Green. Portrait Marianne at center. Two serial number varieties. Printer: English.
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France pick 114a: 2 Francs from 1944
1944. Green with black border. Torch at left and right in green underprint. With text: EMIS EN FRANCE. Back: Blue on red underprint. Printer: Forbes Lithograph Manufacturing Co., Boston. Replacement notes with X near serial number .
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France pick 114b: 2 Francs from 1944
1944. Green with black border. Torch at left and right in green underprint. With text: EMIS EN FRANCE. Back: Blue on red underprint. Printer: Forbes Lithograph Manufacturing Co., Boston. Replacement notes with X near serial number . Block p2.
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France pick 115a: 5 Francs from 1944
1944. Blue and black on green underprint. Torch at left and right in green underprint. With text: EMIS EN FRANCE. Back: Tricolor in blue, white and red. Printer: Forbes Lithograph Manufacturing Co., Boston. Replacement notes with X near serial number .
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France pick 116a: 10 Francs from 1944
1944. Lilac and black on green underprint. Torch at left and right in green underprint. With Text: EMIS EN FRANCE. Back: Tricolor in blue, white and red. Printer: Forbes Lithograph Manufacturing Co., Boston.
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France pick 117a: 50 Francs from 1944
1944. Lilac and black on green and blue underprint. Text: EMIS EN FRANCE. Back: Blue on blue and red underprint. Printer: Forbes Lithograph Manufacturing Co., Boston. Replacement notes with X near serial number .
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France pick 122b: 50 Francs from 1944
1944. Similar to p117. Block p2.
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France pick 122c: 50 Francs from 1944
1944. Similar to p117. Block p3.
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France pick 123c: 100 Francs from 1944
1944. Similar to p118. Blocks p3-8. Numbered at Forbes; position of larger run number at left. is nearer to l. border.
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France pick 127a: 50 Francs from 1946
14.3.1946-3.10.1946. Red, blue and multicolor. Leverrier at right. Back: Neptune and date 1846.
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France pick 127b: 50 Francs from 1947
20.3.1947-2.3.1950. Red, blue and multicolor. Leverrier at right. Back: Neptune and date 1846.
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France pick 128a: 100 Francs from 1945
7.11.1945-9.1.1947. Brown, red and multicolor. Farmer with two oxen. Back: Man, woman and children at dockside. Watermark: Woman with hair parted on her left.
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France pick 128d: 100 Francs from 1951
6.9.1951-1.4.1954. Brown, red and multicolor. Farmer with two oxen. Back: Man, woman and children at dockside. Watermark: Woman with hair parted on her left.
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France pick 129a: 500 Francs from 1945
19.7.1945-9.1.1947. Purple and multicolor. Chateaubriand at center with musical instrument. Back: Allegorical figures.
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France pick 130a: 1000 Francs from 1945
12.4.1945-9.1.1947. Blue and multicolor. Minerva and Hercules at center. Back: Woman at center.
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France pick 130b: 1000 Francs from 1948
11.3.1948-20.4.1950. Blue and multicolor. Minerva and Hercules at center. Back: Woman at center.
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France pick 131c: 5000 Francs from 1951
16.8.1951-6.12.1956. Multicolor. Two allegorical figures (Sea and Countryside) at center. Back: Mercury and allegorical woman.
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France pick 132b: 10000 Francs from 1949
3.11.1949-16.2.1950. Multicolor. Young woman with book and globe.
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France pick 133a: 500 Francs from 1954
7.1.1954-4.8.1955. Blue, orange and multicolor. Building at left, Victor Hugo at right. Back: Hugo at left, Pantheon in Paris.
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France pick 134a: 1000 Francs from 1953
2.4.1953-6.12.1956. Multicolor. Palais Cardinal across, Armand du Plessis, Cardinal Richelieu at right. Back: Town gate (of Richelieu, in Indre et Loire) at right.
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France pick 136b: 10000 Francs from 1957
4.4.1957-30.10.1958. Multicolor. Arc de Triomphe at left, Napoleon Bonaparte at right. Back: Church of the Invalides in Paris at right, Bonaparte at left.
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France pick 137b: 5 Nouveaux Francs from 1959
12.2.1959. 5 Nouveaux Francs on 500 Francs. Blue, orange and multicolor. Building at left, Victor Hugo at right. Back: Hugo at left, Pantheon in Paris. Overprint on France p133.
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France pick 141a: 5 Nouveaux Francs from 1959
5.3.1959-5.11.1965. Blue, orange, and multicolored. Pantheon in Paris at left, Victor Hugo at right. Village at right, Victor Hugo at left on back.
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France pick 142a: 10 Nouveaux Francs from 1959
5.3.1959-4.1.1963. Multicolor. Palais Royal across bottom, Armand du Plessis, Cardinal Richelieu at right,denomination: NOUVEAUX FRANCS (NF). Back: Town gate (of Richelieu, in Indre et Loire) at right.
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France pick 143a: 50 Nouveaux Francs from 1959
5.3.1959-6.7.1961. Multicolor. Henry IV at center, Paris\' Pont Neuf bridge in background, denomination: NOUVEAUX FRANCS (NF). Back: Henry IV at center, Château de Pau at left.
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France pick 144a: 100 Nouveaux Francs from 1959
5.3.1959-2.4.1964. Multicolor. Arc de Triomphe at left, Napoléon Bonaparte at right, denomination: NOUVEAUX FRANCS (NF). Back: Paris\' Church of the Invalides at right, Bonaparte at left.
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France pick 145b: 500 Nouveaux Francs from 1966
6.1.1966; 1.9.1966. Multicolored. Jean Baptiste Poquelin called Moliere at center, Paris Palais Royal in background. Theater in Versailles on back.
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France pick 146a: 5 Francs from 1966
5.5.1966-4.11.1966. Brown, purple, and multicolored. Louis Pasteur at left, Pasteur Institute in Paris at right. Laboratory implements, man fighting a rabid dog, Pasteur at right on back.
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France pick 146b: 5 Francs from 1967
5.5.1967-8.1.1970. Brown, purple, and multicolored. Louis Pasteur at left, Pasteur Institute in Paris at right. Laboratory implements, man fighting a rabid dog, Pasteur at right on back.
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France pick 147b: 10 Francs from 1966
6.1.1966-6.4.1967. Red and multicolored. Paris Palais des Tuileries at center. Francois Voltaire at right and as watermark. Chateau de Cirey at right, Volataire at left on back.
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France pick 147c: 10 Francs from 1967
6.7.1967-4.2.1971. Red and multicolored. Paris Palais des Tuileries at center. Francois Voltaire at right and as watermark. Chateau de Cirey at right, Volataire at left on back.
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France pick 148a: 50 Francs from 1962
7.6.1962-4.3.1965. Multicolored. Port Royal des Champs Abbey at center, Jean Racine at right. Jean Racine at left, view of La Ferte-Milon on back.
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France pick 148c: 50 Francs from 1967
H. Morant, R. Tondu, G. Bouchet. Multicolored. Port Royal des Champs Abbey at center, Jean Racine at right. Jean Racine at left, view of La Ferte-Milon on back.
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France pick 149a: 100 Francs from 1964
2.4.1964-2.12.1965. Multicolored. Pierre Corneille at center, theater in Versailles in background. Pierre Corneille bust in cartouche at center, view of Rouen on back.
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France pick 149d: 100 Francs from 1971
1.7.1971-3.10.1974. Multicolored. Pierre Corneille at center, theater in Versailles in background. Pierre Corneille bust in cartouche at center, view of Rouen on back.
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France pick 150a: 10 Francs from 1972
23.11.1972-3.10.1974. Red, brown, and olive. Hector Berlioz at right conducting in the Chapelle des Invalides. Berlioz at left, musical instruments at right and Rome\'s Villa Medici on back.
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France pick 151a: 20 Francs from 1980
1980-1986. Dull violet, brown, and multicolored. Claude Debussy at right and as watermark, with sea scene (La Mer) in background. Back similar but with lake scene.
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France pick 151h: 20 Francs from 1995
1995. Dull violet, brown, and multicolored. Claude Debussy at right and as watermark, with sea scene (La Mer) in background. Back similar but with lake scene. New (lay) law on back.
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France pick 151i: 20 Francs from 1997
1997. Dull violet, brown, and multicolored. Claude Debussy at right and as watermark, with sea scene (La Mer) in background. Back similar but with lake scene.
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France pick 152a: 50 Francs from 1976
1976-1979. Deep blue-black on multicolored underprint. Maurice Quentin de la Tour at center right and as watermark, and Palace of Versailles at left center in background on face. Maurice Quentin de la Tour and St. Quentin City Hall at center right in background on back.
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France pick 152e: 50 Francs from 1990
1990; 1991. Deep blue-black on multicolored underprint. Maurice Quentin de la Tour at center right and as watermark, and Palace of Versailles at left center in background on face. Maurice Quentin de la Tour and St. Quentin City Hall at center right in background on back.
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France pick 154a: 100 Francs from 1978
1978-1979. Brown. Eugene Delacroix at left center and as watermark. Marianne holding tricolor, part of Delacroix\' painting La Liberte Guidant le Peuple at right. \'Cent Francs\' at upper left on face not just faint outline but has a fill color as well.
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France pick 154b: 100 Francs from 1979
1979-1986. Brown. Eugene Delacroix at left center and as watermark. Marianne holding tricolor, part of Delacroix\' painting La Liberte Guidant le Peuple at right. \'Cent Francs\' at upper left on face not just faint outline but has a fill color as well.
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France pick 155a: 200 Francs from 1981
1981-1986. Blue-green, yellow, and multicolored. Figure with staff at left, Charles Baron de Montesquieu at right and as watermark. Back similar but with Castle de Labrede on back (Montesquieu\\\'s birthplace).
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France pick 155b: 200 Francs from 1987
1987. Blue-green, yellow, and multicolored. Figure with staff at left, Charles Baron de Montesquieu at right and as watermark. Back similar but with Castle de Labrede on back (Montesquieu\'s birthplace).
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France pick 155d: 200 Francs from 1990
1990; 1991. Blue-green, yellow, and multicolored. Figure with staff at left, Charles Baron de Montesquieu at right and as watermark. Back similar but with Castle de Labrede on back (Montesquieu\'s birthplace).
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France pick 155e: 200 Francs from 1992
1992. Blue-green, yellow, and multicolored. Figure with staff at left, Charles Baron de Montesquieu at right and as watermark. Back similar but with Castle de Labrede on back (Montesquieu\'s birthplace).
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France pick 156f: 500 Francs from 1987
8.1.1987; 22.1.1987; 5.11.1987. Yellow-brown on dark brown. Tower of St. Jacques Church in Paris at left, Blaise Pascal at left center. Blaise Pascal at center, abbey of Port Royal on back.
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France pick 156f: 500 Francs from 1987
8.1.1987; 22.1.1987; 5.11.1987. Yellow-brown on dark brown. Tower of St. Jacques Church in Paris at left, Blaise Pascal at left center. Blaise Pascal at center, abbey of Port Royal on back.
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France pick 156g: 500 Francs from 1988
3.3.1988-1.2.1990. Yellow-brown on dark brown. Tower of St. Jacques Church in Paris at left, Blaise Pascal at left center. Blaise Pascal at center, abbey of Port Royal on back.
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France pick 156i: 500 Francs from 1991
3.10.1991-7.1.1993. Yellow-brown on dark brown. Tower of St. Jacques Church in Paris at left, Blaise Pascal at left center. Blaise Pascal at center, abbey of Port Royal on back.
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France pick 157Ad: 50 Francs from 1997
1997; 1998. Purple and dark blue on blue, green, and multicolored underprint. Drawing of le Petit Prince at left. Old airplane at top left, topographical map of Africa at center, Antoine de Saint-Exupery at right and as watermark. Breguet XIV biplane on back. Name as Exupery, not Exupery ol; new law clause on back.
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France pick 157b: 50 Francs from 1993
1993. Purple and dark blue on blue, green, and multicolored underprint. Drawing of le Petit Prince at left. Old airplane at top left, topographical map of Africa at center, Antoine de Saint-Exupery at right and as watermark. Breguet XIV biplane on back. Name as Exupery, ol.
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France pick 158a: 100 Francs from 1997
1997; 1998. Deep brown on orange, pink, and light green underprint. Paul Cezanne at right and as watermark. Painting of fruit on back.
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France pick 159b: 200 Francs from 1996
1996; 1997. Brown and pink on multicolored underprint. Gustave Eiffel at right and as watermark, observatory at upper left center. Eiffel tower truss at center. View through tower base across exhibition grounds at left center on back.
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France pick 160a: 500 Francs from 1994
1994-1995. Dark green and black on multicolored underprint. Marie and Pierre Curie at center right. Segmented foil strip at left. Laboratory utensils at left center on back. Watermark: Marie Curie.
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France pick M6a: 5 Francs from 1947
ND (1947). Brown, red and multicolor. Woman at center. Back: Wheat harvesting.
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France pick M7a: 10 Francs from 1947
ND (1947). Light blue and multicolor. Woman at center. Back: Wheat harvesting.
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France pick M11a: 100 Francs from 1955
ND (1955). Mercury at center. Back: Reclining woman.
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France pick M14: 5 Nouveaux Francs from 1960
ND (1960). 5 Nouveaux Francs on 500 Francs. Multicolor. Mercury facing.