EUROPA

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.

Collectors Comment: La Francia, ufficialmente Repubblica francese, è uno Stato principalmente situato nell'Europa occidentale, ma che possiede ugualmente territori disseminati su più oceani e altri continenti. La Francia è una repubblica costituzionale unitaria avente un regime semipresidenziale. Parigi è la capitale, la lingua ufficiale è il francese, le monete ufficiali sono l'euro e il franco Pacifico nei territori dell'oceano Pacifico. Antica potenza coloniale, la sua cultura si è diffusa attraverso il mondo ed è oggi membro dell'Organizzazione internazionale della francofonia. Il francese è, dopo l'inglese, la seconda lingua più studiata al mondo ed è una delle sei lingue ufficiali dell'Organizzazione delle Nazioni Unite.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

France pick 96a: 1000 Francs from 1940

24.10.1940-19.12.1940. Multicolor. Woman at left and right. Back: Blacksmith and Mercury.

France pick 97c: 5000 Francs from 1941

10.4.1941-10.12.1942. Woman with Victory statuette and olive branch at center.

France pick 99c: 10 Francs from 1942

11.6.1942; 20.1.1944. Brown and multicolor. Miners at left, another at right. Back: Cows at left, farm woman and child at right.

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.

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.

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.

France pick 101a: 100 Francs from 1942

15.5.1942 - 14.12.1944. Multicolor. Descartes at right. Allegorical female reclining at left. Back: Angel.

France pick 102: 1000 Francs from 1942

28.5.1942-6.4.1944. Brown and multicolor. Ceres seated with Hermes at right. Back: Mercury.

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.

France pick 128c: 100 Francs from 1950

29.6.1950-16.11.1950. Brown, red and multicolor. Farmer with two oxen. Back: Man, woman and children at dockside. Watermark: Woman with hair parted on her left.

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.

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.

France pick 132d: 10000 Francs from 1951

4.5.1951-7.6.1956. Multicolor. Young woman with book and globe.

Collectors Comment: LE GENIE

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

France pick 148b: 50 Francs from 1967

2.2.1967. Multicolored. Port Royal des Champs Abbey at center, Jean Racine at right. Jean Racine at left, view of La Ferte-Milon on back.

France pick 149f: 100 Francs from 1976

2.1.1976-1.2.1979. Multicolored. Pierre Corneille at center, theater in Versailles in background. Pierre Corneille bust in cartouche at center, view of Rouen on back.

France pick 150c: 10 Francs from 1976

2.1.1976-6.7.1978. 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.

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.

France pick 152c: 50 Francs from 1987

1987. 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.

France pick 153: 100 Francs from 1978

1978. 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 just in outlines (no fill color).

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).

France pick 156d: 500 Francs from 1976

1.4.1976-7.6.1979. 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.

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.