French banknotes 20 Francs banknote of 1941.

20 Francs banknote - Allegories of Science and Labor

France banknotes 20 Francs banknote

Currency of France 20 French Francs 

Currency of France 20 French Francs banknote of 1941, depicting an allegory of Science and Labor, issued by the Bank of France - Banque de France.
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French Franc the former standard monetary unit of France, most French dependencies, Andorra and Monaco, divided into 100 centimes, replaced by the euro in 2002.

Obverse: In the right part of the banknote has two faces is an allegory of labor and science, a young worker with a hammer and an elderly bearded man on a background of folded sheets of paper.
Reverse: In the left part of the banknote, the researcher (Dr. Francois Debat) in a white coat leaning over a microscope, through the open window, you can see a steel bridge across the river and barge floating down the Seine river.

Watermark: French woman in front of flag.
The dimensions are 160 mm x 97 mm.
It was painted by Clement Serveau and engraved by Ernest Pierre Deloche.

Banknotes of France 1000 French Francs note of 1943.

Banknotes of France 1000 Francs bill

Billet de 1000 Francs

French banknotes 1000 French Francs note of 1943, issued by the Bank of France - Banque de France.
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Obverse: Statue of the goddess Demeter, Greek goddess of fertility, the deification of Food land, protective ground, guaranteeing the fairness of commercial transactions. The background is composed of a Provencal landscape with a flock of goats led by a shepherd. The banknote framed by two columns supporting a pediment.
Reverse: On the left, bronze statue of Mercury. Bas relief depicting the main work of Hercules. Right, Cerberus, monstrous multi-headed dog of Greek mythology, the guardian of Hades vanquished by Hercules, Minerva, which offers the golden apples of the Hesperides. On the other hand, Dejanira substituting for Atlas to support the World. A panorama of the port of Rouen at center.
Watermark: The Hermes of Praxiteles.

France banknotes 5000 Francs banknote of 1945, Union Française.

5000 Francs, Empire Française

5000 French Francs banknote - Union Française - Allegory of French colonial empire - Woman representing France with Colonial Natives.

France banknotes 5000 French francs

Currency of France 5000 Francs banknote of 1945 - Allegory of France - Woman representing France, issued by the Bank of France - Banque de France.
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Obverse: Allegory of French Colonies: a young white blonde woman symbolizing France against a backdrop of French tricolour flags, surrounded by a Sudanese, an Annamese and a Berber, surrounded by a garland of colorful flowers and fruits.

I think that the idea for the design of this bill was taken from propaganda poster of the Vichy government: "Three colors, one flag, one empire" by Eric Castel, "Trois couleurs, un drapeau, un empire" (1940).

Reverse: Same young white blonde woman symbolizing France against a backdrop of fruits and flowers, and maritime city landscape on each side: view of the city in Indochina at right side and in Algeria at left.

Watermark: Profiles of French, African and Asian women.
The dimensions are 208 mm x 115 mm.
The vignette was designed based on the work of painter Clement Serveau, engraving by Camille Beltrand, Jules Piel and Rita Dreyfus.

French banknotes 5000 Francs banknote 1953 issue.

France banknotes 5000 Francs banknote

France 5000 Francs - date 1953 - 2 allegorical figures - Sea and Countryside

Billet de 5000 francs Terre et Mer

Currency of France 5000 Francs banknote of 1953, issued by the Bank of France - Banque de France.
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Obverse: Pomona, Roman goddess of fruits and gardens, holding a cornucopia, representing the earth, and Amphitrite, wife of Poseidon Greek goddess, queen of the seas, holding a trident and a shell representing the sea.
Reverse: Mercury, god of commerce, leaning on his caduceus and Minerva, symbolizing the Trade and Industry, holding a compass and a parchment.

Banknotes of France 50 French Francs bank note of 1947.

France 50 Francs banknote

 50 French Francs banknote 

France Currency 50 French Francs note of 1947, issued by the Bank of France - Banque de France.
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Obverse: Portrait of Urbain Le Verrier, French astronomer born in Saint-Lô in 1811, died in Paris in 1877, holding a calliper in hand. The facade of the Paris Observatory at centre.
Reverse: Neptune sitting on two dolphins in the background Capricorn and Aquarius symbolizes the discovery of Neptune in 1846 - Capricorn and Aquarius symbolizes the discovery of Neptune. Six-pointed stars (hexagrams). Two red curves indicate the plane of the ecliptic and celestial equator.
Watermark: Head profile of Neptune.

French bank notes 1000 Francs banknote Richelieu, type 1956.

France banknotes 1000 Francs Richelieu

  France paper money 1000 Old Francs banknote

France Currency 1000 Old Francs banknote of 1956, issued by the Bank of France - Banque de France.
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Obverse: Portrait of Cardinal-Duc de Richelieu on the right front of the Palais Royal.
Reverse: Portrait of Richelieu identical to the front on the left before the monumental gate of the town of Richelieu (Indre et Loire) built on plans architect Jacques Lemercier.

French banknotes 50 New Francs banknote King Henri IV, type 1959.

 France banknotes 50 New Francs banknote King Henri IV 

France 50 Nouveaux Francs HENRI IV

France paper money 50 New Francs King Henri IV

Currency of France 50 new Francs " King Henri IV" banknote of 1959, issued by the Bank of France - Banque de France.
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Obverse: Portrait of Henri IV, King of France, dressed as a chief commander of the army, and holding a baton in his right hand. In the background - painting of La Samaritaine water pump on the Pont Neuf. (Artist Nicolas-Jean-Baptiste Raguenet (1715-1793))

Reverse: Same portrait of Henri IV of France. In the background - Castle of Pau, birthplace of King Henry IV. Coat of arms of Pau in the lower left corner.

Watermark: Portrait of Marie de Médicis, Queen consort of France, as the second wife of King Henry IV of France.
This banknote includes the abbreviation "NF" for new francs.
The dimensions of banknote are 160 mm x 85 mm.
The dominant colors red and yellow.
The vignette was designed based on the work of the painter Jean Lefeuvre, the engraving was performed by André Marliat and Jules Piel.
Printer: Banque de France.

French banknotes 10 Nouveaux Francs Cardinal Richelieu banknote of 1962.

France paper money  10 new francs

French banknote 10 new francs - Antique Currency

 France currency  10 new francs 

French currency 10 New Francs bank note of 1962, issued by the Bank of France - Banque de France.
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Obverse: Portrait of Cardinal Richelieu on the right front of the Palais Royal, Painted by Philippe de Champaigne. Palais Royal in Paris (or originally Palais Cardinal)- the palace was the personal residence of Cardinal Richelieu.
Reverse: Portrait of Richelieu identical to the front on the left before the monumental gate of the town of Richelieu (Indre et Loire) built on plans architect Jacques Lemercier.

France banknotes 100 New Francs banknote Napoleon Bonaparte, 1963 issue.

France banknotes 100 New Francs Napoleon Bonaparte

France 100 Nouveaux Francs 1963

100 New French Francs Napoleon Bonaparte

France Currency 100 New French Francs banknote of 1963 Napoleon Bonaparte, issued by the Bank of France - Banque de France.
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Obverse: Portrait of Napoleon Bonaparte, born in Ajaccio in 1769, died at St. Helena in 1821 shown on the right after a painting by David (Berstegui collection), the Musée du Louvre. Bonaparte's uniform is inspired tunics preserved in the collection of the Invalides. Bottom left, the Arc de Triomphe.
Reverse: Portrait of Bonaparte identical to the obverse. At bottom right, the Church of the Invalides.
Watermark: Profile Bonaparte.

French banknotes 500 Nouveaux Francs Molière banknote of 1963.

Currency of France 500 New Francs Moliere

France banknotes 500 New French Francs Moliere

Currency of France 500 new Francs Molière banknote of 1963, issued by the Bank of France - Banque de France.
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Obverse: Portrait of Molière by Pierre Mignard (Musée Condé - Château de Chantilly). In the background - spectators and an orchestra pit in a theater of the seventeenth century, Palais-Royal, Paris.

Reverse: Portrait of Molière. In the background - Les Divertissments de Versailles, temporary theater built before the Grotte de Thétys for the revival of Molière’s "le Malade imaginaire" (The Imaginary Invalid), (18 July 1674)- engraving by Jean le Pautre.

France banknotes 10 Francs Voltaire bank note of 1967.

France banknotes 10 Francs banknote, Voltaire

10 French francs banknote

French currency 10 French Francs note (1963-1973), issued by the Bank of France - Banque de France.
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Obverse: Portrait of François-Marie Arouet better known by the pen name Voltaire, was a French Enlightenment writer, historian and philosopher famous for his wit and for his advocacy of civil liberties, including freedom of religion and free trade.- from an engraving by Dominique Vivant, baron de Denon;
Palais des Tuileries in Paris engraved after the painting by Francis Raguenet as Voltaire could see from his apartment where he died.
Reverse: Portrait of Voltaire wearing a wig and writing with a quill pen. View of Castle Cirey-sur-Blaise Haute-Marne (Lorraine), area of the Marquise du Chatelet, where the Voltaire lived from 1733 to 1740.
Watermark: Head of Voltaire.

France bank notes 50 Fifty New Francs banknote, Jean Racine, 1974 issue

France banknotes 50 New Francs banknote, Jean Racine

France paper money 50 New French Francs banknote 

France Currency 50 New Francs bank note of 1974, issued by the Bank of France - Banque de France.
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Obverse: Portrait of Jean Racine, French dramatist born in La Ferté-Milon in 1639, died in Paris in 1699, by engraving of Daullé. Port Royal des Champs Abbey in Magny-les-Hameaux, in the Vallée de Chevreuse southwest of Paris, from old engraving. Coat of Arms granted to Jean Racine by the King "azure of the silver swan" at right.
Reverse: Portrait of Racine from a picture of Delannoy, front view of La Ferté-Milon a commune in the department of Aisne in Picardie in northern France, his hometown. Bottom right, parchment, a quill pen, a statue on a pedestal decorated with a lyre, holding the mask of tragedy, dramatic symbols of the writer.
Watermark: Head of Andromache.

500 Piastres French IndoChina 1939 Specimen banknote

French Indochina 500 Piastres

500 Piastres

 French Indochina 500 Piastres - Banque de l'Indochine

50 Fifty Francs French Antilles currency 1964

 French Antilles 50 Francs   

50 French Antilles  Francs

French Antilles currency - 50 Francs banknote, 1964 issue.

Obverse: Antilles Couple and Sawmill.
Reverse: Sea Port of French Antilles and Banana Harvest.

25 Francs French Guiana 1933-1945

French Guiana 25 francs

 Banque de la Guyane  25 Francs

French Guiana - 25 Francs banknote Banque de la Guyane, 1933-1945 issue.

Obverse: Allegorical woman.
Reverse: Seascape with dry cargo ship.

Guadeloupe 5 Francs - (1947-1949 issue)

Guadeloupe 5 Francs

Guadeloupe 5 Francs banknote

Guadeloupe - 5 Francs, CAISSE CENTRALE DE LA FRANCE D'OUTRE MER (Central Cashier for Overseas France), (1947-1949 issue), P31

Obverse: Portrait of Louis Antoine de Bougainville - French admiral and explorer.
Reverse: Museum of Joséphine de Beauhamais.

1000 Francs Martinique 1947-1949 Specimen banknote

 Martinique 1000 Francs banknote 

Martinique 1000 Francs note

Martinique 1000 Francs Union Française note, Caisse Centrale de la France d'Outre Mer (Central Cashier for Overseas France)

100 Nouveaux Francs on 5000 Francs Reunion 1971

Reunion 100 Nouveaux Francs on 5000 Francs banknote

 Reunion 100 Nouveaux Francs on 5000 Francs note 

Reunion 100 Nouveaux Francs on 5000 Francs banknote, Institut d'Émission des Départements d'Outre-Mer - Département de la Réunion

5 Five Francs French West Africa banknote 1942

 French West African 5 francs note

5 French West African franc note

French West Africa - 5 Francs banknote, Banque de l'Afrique Occidentale - Bank of West Africa, 1942 World War II issue.

1000 One Thousand Francs - Gabon banknote, 1984 issue

Gabonaise 1000 Francs

Gabon 1000 Francs
Obverse - President Omar Bongo, Ship and Sogara Oil Refinery at Port Gentil

 Gabon 1000 Francs note 

10 Ten Rupees India banknote 1917-1930

British India 10 rupees banknote

British Indian ten rupee note

British India 10 rupees King George V banknote.

VERY RARE 1/4 Dinar Iraq banknote - King Faisal II - issued 1931

1/4 Iraqi Dinar, King Faisal II

1/4 Dinar Iraq banknote 1931 King Faisal II as child

1/4 Dinar Iraq banknote

World paper money - Iraq quarter Dinar banknote of 1931.

Madagascar banknotes 5000 Malagasy Francs = 1000 Ariary banknote, Philibert Tsiranana.

Madagascar 5000 Francs = 1000 Ariary

Madagascar 5000 Malagasy Francs = 1000 Ariary

Madagascar 5000 Malagasy Francs = 1000 Ariary banknote (1966 issue), Institut d'Émission Malgache.  Banque Centrale de Madagascar (Central Bank of Madagascar)
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Obverse: Portrait of the 1st President of Madagascar Philibert Tsiranana. Planting rice in Madagascar at right.
Reverse: Traditional Village Huts at left, Woman with baby and basket on Her head at right.

Madagascar banknotes 1000 Malagasy Francs = 200 Ariary note of 1961.

Madagascar 1000 Francs = 200 Ariary

Madagascar 1000 Malagasy Francs = 200 Ariary

Madagascar 1000 Malagasy Francs = 200 Ariary (1961 issue),  Institut d'Émission Malgache.
Banque Centrale de Madagascar (Central Bank of Madagascar)
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Obverse: Man and woman at centre, multicolored banknote.
Reverse: Ox cart in Madagascar.

20 Twenty Francs Morocco issued 1941

French Morocco  20 francs banknote 

Moroccan 20 francs note

Currency of French Morocco - 20 francs banknote
Banque D'Etat Du Maroc - 20 francs note - (1929 - 1945) issue

Obverse: A view of Hassan Tower.
Hassan Tower or Tour Hassan is the minaret of an incomplete mosque in Rabat, Morocco.