Georges Duval

Georges Charles Victor Duval also known as Georges Duval (1851-1916) was a French architect, designer among others of banknotes, watercolourist and illustrator.

Born in Paris on October 6, 1851, Georges Charles Victor Duval was admitted to the Beaux-Arts in Paris in November 1870, in the class of architect Louis-Jules André, school where he was enrolled until 1874. He practiced drawing and watercolor, among others under the patronage of Camille Chazal. On December 21, 1877, at the town hall of the 6th arrondissement of Paris, he married Juliette Marguerite Descours, daughter-in-law of Gustave Macé, police commissioner and head of the Sureté and who was a playwright and poet under the name of Juliette de Wils (a price of the French academy bore his name).

Undoubtedly through Chazal, he worked, first alongside Jean-Baptiste Daniel-Dupuis, on behalf of the Banque de France and produced numerous watercolors intended for national and foreign currency vignettes, from the years 1880. He also executed the graphic compositions of the stamps of workers' and peasant pensions, bonds for the State railways, etc. Appointed to the courts of Paris thanks to the support of Macé, he also records crime scenes for criminal expertise.

He exhibited drawings and architectural views in the form of watercolors at the Salon des Artistes Français from 1896, inspired by the French provinces. He became a member of the Society of French Artists in 1907.

Appointed an academy officer in 1898, then a public education officer in 1900, Duval was also a member of the Central Society of Architects (1890-1912), and decorated with the Order of the Star of Romania.

Duval died on February 23, 1916 in Lyon, while going to his second home located in Saint-Raphaël.

Algeria
B122a (
  • MK42a
  • P-76a
) 1000 Francs Allegories of Navigation and Industry
Blue.
  • Printer: BdF
  • 1892-1925
  • 232 x 135mm

  • Counterfoil
  • Watermark: “BANQUE / 1000 FRANCS / de L'ALGERIE / 1000” and Lion
B124b face
B124b face
Algeria
B124b (
  • MK9b
  • P-78b
) 20 Francs Algerian Woman
Purple. Boys and Cactus
  • Printer: BdF
  • 1924-32
  • 165 x 105mm
  • Sig 4

  • Watermark: Arab text in crescent moon; Moorish Woman's head

Algeria
B125a (
  • MK17
  • P-79
) 50 Francs Buildings in Algiers
Purple. Woman and Boy Picking Fruit
  • Printer: BdF
  • 1913
  • 170 x 110mm
  • Sig 3

Algeria
B126a (
  • MK18
  • P-80a
) 50 Francs Buildings in Algiers
Green. Woman and Boy Picking Fruit
  • Printer: BdF
  • 1918-24
  • 170 x 110mm
  • Sig 3

B127c face
B127c face
Algeria
B127c (
  • MK27c
  • P-81b
) 100 Francs
Violet. Two Boys, Bedouin with Camel; Allegory of France teaching a child
  • Printer: BdF
  • 5/26/1933
  • 182 x 116mm
  • Sig 6

  • Watermark: Moorish Woman's head; Arab text in crescent moon

(F+B)
Algeria
B128a (
  • MK35
  • P-82
) 500 Francs Muslim Woman, Allegorial Woman
  • Printer: BdF
  • 1913
  • 223 x 138mm
  • Sig 6
(F+B)
(B)
Algeria
B129a (
  • MK43
  • P-83
) 1000 Francs Green. Allegorial Woman with Sword, Dancing Algerian Woman
  • Printer: BdF
  • 1926
  • 241 x 144mm
  • Sig 6
B133a face
B133a face
Algeria
B133a (
  • MK48
  • P-90a
) 5000 Francs Muslim Woman, Allegorial Woman
Moorish women with vases
  • Printer: BdF
  • 7/22/1942
  • 236 x 138mm
  • Sig 8

  • Watermark: Moorish Woman's head; Rosette

(F+B)
(B)
B135b face
B135b face
Algeria
B135b (
  • MK10a
  • P-92a
) 20 Francs Algerian Woman
Purple. Boys and Cactus
  • Printer: BdF
  • 4/20/1944
  • 126 x 91mm
  • Sig 5
  • Date flanked by letters

  • Watermark: “BANQUE DE L'ALGERIE” pattern

B136a face
B136a face
Algeria
B136a (
  • MK36
  • P-93
) 500 Francs
Blue. Two Boys, Bedouin with Camel; Allegory of France teaching a child
  • Printer: BdF
  • 1942-1945
  • 196 x 119mm

  • Watermark: “BANQUE DE L'ALGERIE” pattern

(F+B)
B138a face
B138a face
Algeria
B138a (
  • MK37
  • P-95
) 500 Francs
Violet. Two Boys, Bedouin with Camel; Allegory of France teaching a child
  • Printer: BdF
  • 9/15/1944
  • 196 x 119mm

  • Watermark: “BANQUE DE L'ALGERIE” pattern

(F+B)
French India
B101 (
  • KM301
  • P-A1
) 10 Roupies
Purple, black.
  • Printer: BdF
  • 1/8/1877
French India
B102 (
  • KM302
  • P-A2
) 50 Roupies
Purple, brown.
  • Printer: BdF
  • 9/2/1884
French India
B103 (
  • KM303
  • P-A3
) 50 Roupies
Purple, brown.
  • Printer: BdF
  • 9/10/1898
French India
B104 (
  • KM304
  • P-1
) 50 Roupies
Purple, brown.
  • Printer: BdF
  • 2/22/1902
French India
B105 (
  • KM305
  • P-2
) 10 Roupies
Purple, black.
  • Printer: BdF
  • 1919
French India
B106 (
  • KM306
  • P-3
) 50 Roupies
Purple, brown.
  • Printer: BdF
  • 6/17/1915
French Indochina
B120 (
  • KM131
  • P-16
) 5 Piastres Haiphong issue
Green, Brown. Ships; Dragon, Chinese text
  • Printer: BdF
  • 180 x 94mm
  • Buff paper
  • Sig 4,5

(F)
French Indochina
B122 (
  • KM135
  • P-17
) 20 Piastres Haiphong Issue
Green, brown. Seated Allegorical Woman, two Native Women; Two Dragons, Chinese text
  • Printer: BdF
  • 1910
  • 206 x 118mm
  • Sig 4,5

(F)
French Indochina
B126 (
  • KM133
  • P-19
) 5 Piastres Haiphong issue
Green, Brown. Ships; Dragon, Chinese text
  • Printer: BdF
  • 5/27/1920
  • 180 x 94mm
  • Buff paper
  • Sig 5

(F)
French Indochina
B114 (
  • KM125
  • P-34
) 1 Piastre
Red-brown. Seated East Asian Woman and Allegorical Woman (France); Chinese text
  • Printer: BdF
  • 1891-1909
  • 141 x 106mm
French Indochina
B119 (
  • KM130
  • P-37
) 5 Piastres Saigon Issue
Purple, black. Ships; Dragon, Chinese text
  • Printer: BdF
  • 1909-1924
  • 180 x 94mm
(F)
French Indochina
B121 (
  • KM134
  • P-38
) 20 Piastres Saigon Issue
Purple, black. Seated Allegorical Woman, two Native Women; Two Dragons, Chinese text
  • Printer: BdF
  • 1917
  • 206 x 118mm
(F)
B125 face
B125 face
French Indochina
B125 (
  • KM132
  • P-40
) 5 Piastres Saigon Issue
Purple, black. Ships; Dragon, Chinese text
  • Printer: BdF
  • 1/28/1920
  • 180 x 94mm
  • Buff paper
  • Sig 3

  • Watermark: Profile of Man's head

(F)
French Indochina
B127 (
  • KM136
  • P-41
) 20 Piastres Saigon Issue
Purple, black. Seated Allegorical Woman, two Native Women; Two Dragons, Chinese text
  • Printer: BdF
  • 8/1/1920
  • 206 x 118mm

(F)
French Somaliland
B107a (
  • KM606
  • P-5a
) 100 Francs Elephant Columns
Red.
  • Printer: BdF
  • 1/2/1920
  • Sig 1
  • without 'Décrets' text at top center
French West Africa
B102C (
  • LK127C
) 25 Francs Grand-Bassam
Brown, Olive, Blue. Elephant head and trees; Arabic Text
  • 203 x 120mm
  • Sig 4
  • Cote d'Ivoire overprinted in script font on Guinea (Conakry) note
French West Africa
B107D (
  • LK156
  • P-3
) 1000 Francs Minerva and other Allegorical Figures
  • Printer: BdF
  • 180 x 111mm
  • Series 161-170

French West Africa
B102D (
  • LK54a
) 25 Francs Dakar
Brown, Olive, Blue. Elephant head and trees; Arabic Text
  • 203 x 120mm
  • Sig 4
B102Gf face
B102Gf face
French West Africa
B102Gf (
  • LK69
  • P-7Db
) 25 Francs Grand-Bassam
Brown, Olive, Blue. Elephant head and trees; Arabic Text
  • 7/12/1923
  • 203 x 120mm
  • Sig 4

  • Watermark: Lion in crescent moon
B103De face
B103De face
French West Africa
B103De (
  • LK85
  • P-9Bc
) 50 Francs Dakar
Blue, Yellow, Red. Elephant head and trees; Arabic Text
  • 3/14/1929
  • 203 x 120mm
  • Sig 5

  • Watermark: Lion in crescent moon
B104Dd face
B104Dd face
French West Africa
B104Dd (
  • LK108
  • P-11Bb
) 100 Francs Dakar
Red, Pink, Orange. Elephant head and trees; Arabic Text
  • 9/24/1926
  • 203 x 120mm
  • Sig 4

  • Watermark: Lion in crescent moon
Guadeloupe
B308 (
  • K.105
  • P-8
) 25 Francs Red
Red, black on buff paper.
  • Printer: BdF
  • 1920
Guadeloupe
B310 (
  • K.108
  • P-9
) 100 Francs Blue
Blue, red on buff paper.
  • Printer: BdF
  • 1922
Guadeloupe
B317a (
  • K.111
  • P-15
) 100 Francs Minerva and other Allegorical Figures
  • Printer: BdF
  • 1920
  • 180 x 111mm
  • Series D.255-Y.255

Guadeloupe
B319 (
  • K.113
  • P-16
) 100 Francs
Seated Woman with staff
  • Printer: BdF
  • 1930
Guadeloupe
B320 (
  • K.114
  • P-17
) 500 Francs
Seated Woman with staff
  • Printer: BdF
  • 1934
Madagascar
B201a (
  • LK812
  • P-34
) 1000 Francs Minerva and other Allegorical Figures
  • Printer: BdF
  • 180 x 111mm
  • Series 171-232

Martinique
B203 (
  • K.306
  • P-7a
) 25 Francs Black
Black, blue on buff paper.
  • Printer: BdF
  • 1899
Martinique
B204 (
  • K.307
  • P-7b
) 25 Francs Brown
Brown, blue on buff paper.
  • Printer: BdF
  • 1916
Martinique
B207 (
  • K.310
  • P-8
) 100 Francs Black
Black, Green; brown on buff paper.
  • Printer: BdF
  • 1910
Martinique
B217 (
  • K.314
  • P-13
) 100 Francs
Seated Woman with staff
  • Printer: BdF
  • 1930
Martinique
B218 (
  • K.315
  • P-14
) 500 Francs
Seated Woman with staff
  • Printer: BdF
  • 1930
Morocco
B201 (
  • MK501
  • P-1
) 4 Rials Hassan Tower, Rabat
Salmon.
  • Printer: BdF
(F)
Morocco
B208 (
  • MK511
  • P-12
) 20 Francs Hassan Tower at Rabat
  • Printer: BdF
  • 1/7/1920
B209c face
B209c face
Morocco
B209c (
  • MK512
  • P-18b
) 20 Francs Hassan Tower at Rabat
Blue, Brown.
  • Printer: BdF
  • 11/14/1941
  • Sig 7

  • Watermark: Lion in crescent, Star

New Caledonia
B301a (
  • KM402
  • P-11
) 20 Francs Neptune
Blue, red.
  • Printer: BdF
  • ND (6/14/1888)
  • 180 x 92mm
New Caledonia
B302a (
  • KM406
  • P-12
) 100 Francs Reclining Women
Blue, red.
  • Printer: BdF
  • 1/15/1895
  • 200 x 115mm
New Caledonia
B303a (
  • KM410
  • P-13
) 500 Francs Standing Men
Blue, red.
  • Printer: BdF
  • 7/1/1898
  • 214 x 145mm
(F)
(B)
New Caledonia
B304a (
  • P-14
) 20 Francs Neptune
Blue, red.
  • Printer: BdF
  • 3/3/1902
  • 180 x 92mm
New Caledonia
B305a (
  • KM400
  • P-15
) 5 Francs Allegorical Woman with Caduceus
Blue, red.
  • Printer: BdF
  • 1916
  • 141 x 106mm
(F+B)
(F)
New Caledonia
B306a (
  • KM404
  • P-16
) 20 Francs Neptune
Blue, red.
  • Printer: BdF
  • 5/7/1910
  • 180 x 92mm
New Caledonia
B307a (
  • KM408
  • P-17
) 100 Francs Reclining Women
Blue, red.
  • Printer: BdF
  • 1914
  • 200 x 115mm
New Caledonia
B308a (
  • KM401
  • P-19
) 5 Francs Allegorical Woman with Caduceus
Blue, red.
  • Printer: BdF
  • 1924
  • 141 x 106mm
(F+B)
(F)
New Caledonia
B308a (
  • KM401
  • P-19
) 20 Francs Neptune
Blue, red.
  • Printer: BdF
  • 1924
  • 182 x 92mm
New Caledonia
B310a (
  • KM411
  • P-22
) 500 Francs Standing Men
Blue, red.
  • Printer: BdF
  • 1/3/1921
  • 214 x 145mm
(F)
(B)
Reunion
B208 (
  • K.406
  • P-18
) 25 Francs Blue
Blue, black; Brown on buff paper.
  • Printer: BdF
  • 1913
Reunion
B214 (
  • K.413
  • P-24
) 100 Francs
Seated Woman with staff
  • Printer: BdF
  • 1930
Reunion
B215 (
  • K.414
  • P-25
) 500 Francs
Seated Woman with staff
  • Printer: BdF
  • 1934
Romania
P-7 5 Lei Seated Women and Children
Blue.
  • Printer: BdF
  • 9/9/1880
  • 152 x 86mm
  • Sig 2
  • Unissued

Romania
P-8 10 Lei Seated Women and Children
Blue.
  • Printer: BdF
  • 9/9/1880
  • 152 x 107mm
  • Sig 2

Romania
B103a (
  • P-3
) 20 Lei Roman Soldiers
Blue.
  • Printer: BdF
  • 6/12/1877
  • 180 x 107mm
  • Sig 1
Romania
B104a (
  • P-4
) 50 Lei Roman Soldiers
Blue.
  • Printer: BdF
  • 6/12/1877
  • 184 x 126mm
  • Sig 1
Romania
B105a (
  • P-5
) 100 Lei Seated Women and Cherubs
Blue.
  • Printer: BdF
  • 6/12/1877
  • 210 x 122mm
  • Sig 1
Romania
B106a (
  • P-6
) 500 Lei Standing Women and Children
Blue.
  • Printer: BdF
  • 6/12/1877
  • 210 x 140mm
  • Sig 1
Romania
B205 (
  • P-13
) 20 Lei
Blue. Allegories
  • Printer: Banca Naţională a României
  • 1881-1892
  • 168 x 96mm
(F+B)
Romania
B206 (
  • P-16
) 20 Lei
Blue, red. Allegories
  • Printer: Banca Naţională a României
  • 1881-1892
  • 160 x 96mm

(F+B)
Romania
B207 (
  • P-14
) 100 Lei
Blue. Allegories
  • Printer: Banca Naţională a României
  • 1881-1889
  • 195 x 110mm
(F+B)
Romania
B208 (
  • P-15
) 1000 Lei
Blue. Woman with sickle, woman with oar
  • Printer: Banca Naţională a României
  • 1881-1906
  • 218 x 126mm
(F+B)
B211e2 face
B211e2 face
Romania
B211e2 (
  • P-19a
) 5 Lei Seated Woman with Distaff
Violet, Blue, Pink. Woman and Child Picking Apples
  • Printer: National Bank of Belgium
  • 3/25/1920

  • Watermark: Trajen; Roma
(F)
Romania
P-30 20 Lei Seated Girl and Boy
Violet. Eagle and Cross
  • Printer: National Bank of Belgium and Banca Naţională a României
  • 8/30/1918
(F)
Romania
P-31 100 Lei Reclining Woman
Violet.
  • Printer: Banca Naţională a României
  • 9/19/1929

(F)
Romania
B212 (
  • P-24
) 5 Lei
Brown, orange. Farmer's Wife; Woman and Child Picking Apples
  • Printer: Moscow, Russia
  • 2/16/1917

  • Watermark: Shaded spheres

(F)
Romania
B215 (
  • P-25
) 100 Lei Reclining Woman
Brown.
  • Printer: Moscow, Russia
  • 2/16/1917

  • Watermark: Shaded spheres

(F)
Romania
P-50 100 Lei Reclining Woman
Olive green.
  • Printer: Moscow, Russia
  • 1940

  • Watermark: Shaded spheres

(F)
B217f face
B217f face
Romania
B217f (
  • P-22a
) 500 Lei Woman and Boy carrying Fruit, Reclining Woman
Farm Women carrying Hoes
  • Printer: Banca Naţională a României
  • 8/30/1918

  • Watermark: Trajen; Roma
(F+B)
Romania
B219 (
  • P-23
) 1000 Lei
Blue. Woman with sickle, woman with oar
  • Printer: Banca Naţională a României
  • 1910-1928
  • 218 x 126mm

(F+B)
Romania
B220 (
  • P-34
) 1000 Lei Women with Sickle and Oar
Multi.
  • Printer: Banca Naţională a României
  • 1930-1932

(F)
(B)
Romania
B227 (
  • P-41
) 2 Lei Seated Girl and Boy
Green. Eagle and Cross
  • Printer: National Bank of Belgium and Banca Naţională a României
  • 4/28/1939

(F)
Romania
B237 (
  • P-58a
) 100,000 Lei
Woman and Boy; Farm Women
  • Printer: Banca Naţională a României
  • 1945-1946

  • Counterfoil
  • Watermark: BNR Monogram Pattern

(F)
BNP204 face
BNP204 face
Romania
BNP204 20 Lei Souvenir
Allegories
  • Printer: Banca Naţională a României
  • 12/1/2021
  • Polymer

(F+B)
Serbia
B204 (
  • P-9
) 10 Dinara Standing Woman with Sword and Shield
Blue.
  • Printer: BdF
  • 1887
B205a face
B205a face
Serbia
B205a (
  • P-10a
) 10 Dinara Woman Seated with Musical Instrument and Child
  • Printer: BdF
  • 1/2/1893

  • Watermark: Helmeted head of Miloš Obilić
Serbia
B206 (
  • P-11
) 20 Dinara Standing Woman with Sword and Shield
Blue; brown.
  • Printer: BdF
  • 1905
(F)
Serbia
B207 (
  • P-12
) 100 Dinara Seated Woman with Sword
Blue; brown.
  • Printer: BdF
  • 1905
Tunisia
B206 (
  • MK426
  • P-7
) 1000 Francs Allegories of Navigation and Industry
Blue.
  • Printer: BdF
  • 1892-1925
  • 232 x 135mm

  • Counterfoil
  • Watermark: “BANQUE / 1000 FRANCS / de L'ALGERIE / 1000” and Lion

B208d face
B208d face
Tunisia
B208d (
  • MK406d
  • P-6b
) 20 Francs Algerian Woman
Purple. Boys and Cactus
  • Printer: BdF
  • 5/17/1941
  • Sig 2

  • Watermark: Moorish Woman's head

Tunisia
B209a (
  • MK410
) 50 Francs Buildings in Algiers, Woman and Boy Picking Fruit
Purple.
  • Printer: BdF
  • 1913

(F)
Tunisia
B210a (
  • MK411
  • P-9
) 50 Francs Buildings in Algiers, Woman and Boy Picking Fruit
Green.
  • Printer: BdF
  • 1920-21
  • Sig 3

(F)
Tunisia
B211a (
  • MK416
  • P-10a
) 100 Francs Two Boys, Bedouin with Camel
Violet, Blue.
  • Printer: BdF
  • 1921-22
  • Sig 5a

(F+B)
(F)
Tunisia
B212a (
  • MK421
  • P-14
) 500 Francs Muslim Woman, Allegorial Woman
  • Printer: BdF
  • 7/20/1926
  • Sig 6

(F+B)
(B)
Tunisia
B213a (
  • MK428
  • P-11a
) 1000 Francs Allegorial Woman with Sword, Dancing Algerian Woman
Green.
  • Printer: BdF
  • 1926
  • Sig 6

B217c face
B217c face
Tunisia
B217c (
  • MK407c
  • P-18
) 20 Francs Algerian Woman, Boys and Cactus
  • Printer: BdF
  • 2/2/1945
  • Sig 2
  • Sig titles “L'INSPECTEUR GÉNÉRAL” and “CAISSIER PRINCIPAL”
  • Date without letters

Tunisia
B218a (
  • MK422
  • P-19
) 500 Francs Two Boys, Bedouin with Camel
Green.
  • Printer: BdF
  • 1943-44

(F+B)
(F)
Tunisia
B220a (
  • MK434
  • P-21
) 5000 Francs Muslim Woman, Allegorial Woman
  • Printer: BdF
  • 1942

(F+B)
(B)
B221a face
B221a face
Tunisia
B221a (
  • MK433
  • P-31
) 1000 Francs Minerva and other Allegorical Figures
  • Printer: BdF
  • 1942
  • 180 x 111mm
  • Sig 9
  • Series 2-54

  • Watermark: Two faces in profile

France
B939 (
  • F.1
  • P-60
) 5 Francs Black
  • Printer: BdF
  • 1871-1874
  • 125 x 80mm
  • Sig 1

  • Watermark
France
B946.5a 100 Francs Minerva and other Allegorical Figures
  • Printer: BdF
  • 1892
  • 180 x 111mm

  • Watermark: Two faces in profile

B950a face
B950a face
France
B950a (
  • F.2.29
  • P-70
) 5 Francs Blue
  • Printer: BdF
  • 7/2/1915
  • 125 x 80mm
  • Sig 2
  • Astrological sign Leo for July

  • Watermark: Woman's head in profile, “BANQUE DE FRANCE” text from back of note
B952d face
B952d face
France
B952d (
  • F.3.12
  • P-72d
) 5 Francs Violet
Rose, Purple. Allegory of France; Dock worker carrying a sack up a ladder
  • Printer: BdF
  • 5/8/1928
  • 125 x 80mm
  • Sig 3

  • Watermark: Soldier from the Marseillaise de Rude

(F+B)
(F)
(B)
B953d face
B953d face
France
B953d (
  • F.6.11
  • P-73d
) 10 Francs Minerva
Blue. Effigy of the goddess Minerva; Peasant woman resting
  • Printer: BdF
  • 10/23/1926
  • 138 x 88mm
  • Sig 3

  • Watermark: Mercury
(F+B)
B954a face
B954a face
France
B954a (
  • F.11.01
  • P-74
) 20 Francs Bayard
  • Printer: BdF
  • 9/22/1916
  • 160 x 95mm
  • Denomination in Blue

  • Watermark: Bayard
(F+B)
B943g face
B943g face
France
B943g (
  • F.14.37
  • P-64g
) 50 Francs Bleu et Rose
Allegories of Industry and Agriculture
  • Printer: BdF
  • 7/12/1924
  • 178 x 123mm

  • Watermark: Woman's head
France
B944 (
  • F.21
  • P-65
) 100 Francs Blue and Rose
  • Printer: BdF
  • 1888
  • 180 x 112mm

  • Watermark: Busts of Mercury and Ceres
(F+B)
(F)
B945l face
B945l face
France
B945l (
  • F.30.34
  • P-66l
) 500 Francs Bleu et Rose
Hercules and Mercury
  • Printer: BdF
  • 1/29/1931
  • 242 x 140mm
  • Sig 9
  • Same design as 500F Rose et Bleu type of 1842

  • Counterfoil
  • Watermark: “500F/Cinq cents Fr/BANQUE DE FRANCE”
France
B1204a (
  • P-111
  • VF.9
) 500 Francs Children, Algerian and Camel
  • Printer: BdF
  • ND (1945)
  • 196 x 118mm

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