Jules Piel

Jules Piel (Paris 1882 - Orleans 1978) was primarily known as an etcher.

B204a face
B204a face
Algeria
B204a (
  • MK51
  • P-110
) 10,000 Francs Seagulls and City of Algiers
  • Printer: BdF
  • 2/20/1957
  • 225 x 115mm
  • Sig 4

  • Watermark: Ram's head

(F+B)
(F)
(B)
Algeria
B209a (
  • MK55
  • P-114
) 100NF/10,000F Seagulls and City of Algiers
  • Printer: BdF
  • 1959
  • 225 x 115mm

(F+B)
(F)
(B)
Algeria
B149a (
  • MK59
  • P-121
) 100 New Francs Seagulls and City of Algiers
  • Printer: BdF
  • 1959-1961
  • 225 x 115mm

(F+B)
(F)
(B)
B403as face
B403as face
Cameroon
B403as (
  • LK674a
  • P-17as
) 5000 Francs President Ahmadou Ahidjo
Ahidjo and Rail Car Loading Crane
  • Printer: BdF
  • ND (1974)
  • 163 x 86mm
  • Sig 3
  • Specimen

  • Watermark: Eland head

French Afars and Issas
B101a (
  • KM664
  • P-30
) 5000 Francs Aerial View of Djibouti Harbor
  • Printer: BdF
  • ND (1969)

  • Watermark: Woman's head
French Equatorial Africa
B204a (
  • LK507a
  • P-9
) 1000 Francs Native Woman and Baby, Allegorical France
  • Printer: BWC
  • 7/31/1942
  • Sig 1

(F)
(B)
French Equatorial Africa
B413a (
  • LK538b
  • P-27
) 5000 Francs Victor Schoelcher
  • Printer: BdF
  • ND (1971)
  • 200 x 107mm
  • Sig 2

French Guiana
B410a (
  • K.229
  • P-26a
) 5000 Francs Victor Schoelcher
  • Printer: BdF
  • ND (1952)
  • 200 x 107mm
  • Sig 3

B143b face
B143b face
French Indochina
B143b (
  • KM152b
  • P-56b
) 20 Piastres Athena with Oak Crown
Khmer Temple
  • Printer: BdF
  • ND (1936-39)
  • 160 x 85mm
  • Sig 7

  • Watermark: Mercury
(F)
(B)
B144 face
B144 face
French Indochina
B144 (
  • KM157
  • P-57
) 500 Piastre Education: Woman, Child & Globe
  • Printer: BdF
  • ND (1939-)
  • 190 x 103mm
  • Sig 7

  • Watermark: Mercury
(F)
(B)
B165a face
B165a face
French Indochina
B165a (
  • KM153
  • P-81a
) 20 Piastre Athena with Oak Crown
Khmer Temple
  • Printer: BdF
  • ND (1949)
  • 160 x 85mm
  • Sig 9b

  • Watermark: Mercury
(F)
(B)
B166b face
B166b face
French Indochina
B166b (
  • KM156
  • P-82b
) 100 Piastre Mercury
Elephants
  • Printer: BdF
  • ND (1949-54)
  • 175 x 89mm
  • Sig 9b
  • New Lao text

  • Watermark: Profile of Man's head
(F)
(B)
French Indochina
B167a (
  • KM158
  • P-83a
) 500 Piastre Woman and Child examining Globe
  • Printer: BdF
  • ND (1951)
  • 190 x 103mm
(F)
(B)
French Indochina
B168 (
  • KM160
  • P-84
) 1000 Piastre Elephant and Water Buffaloes
  • Printer: BdF
  • ND (1951)
  • 207 x 112mm
  • Specimen only
(F)
(B)
B407 face
B407 face
French Indochina
B407 (
  • KM917
  • P-98
) 200 Piastres Elephant and Water Buffaloes
  • Printer: BdF
  • ND (1953)
  • 207 x 113mm
  • Sig 17

  • Watermark: Cambodian dancer
French Indochina
B418 (
  • KM918
  • P-109
) 200 Piastres Bao Dai, Elephant and Water Buffaloes
  • Printer: BdF
  • ND (1954)
  • 207 x 113mm

  • Watermark: Cambodian dancer
French Somaliland
B305a (
  • KM661
  • P-29
) 5000 Francs Djibouti Harbor
  • Printer: BdF
  • ND (1952)
French West Africa
B111 (
  • LK172
  • P-24
) 25 Francs Native Woman and Baby, Allegorical France
  • Printer: BdF
  • 10/21/1937
  • Sig 1

(F)
(B)
B126g face
B126g face
French West Africa
B126g (
  • LK201
  • P-42
) 1000 Francs Woman and Jugs, Gazelles
Woman in Native Costume of Upper-Guinea
  • Printer: BdF
  • 9/18/1950
  • Sig 8

  • Watermark: Woman with headscarf
B127d face
B127d face
French West Africa
B127d (
  • LK204
  • P-43
) 5000 Francs
France with African Women; Man Playing Harp
  • Printer: BdF
  • 12/22/1950
  • Sig 8

  • Watermark: Man's head
French West Africa
B305a (
  • LK209a
  • P-48
) 1000 Francs Woman and Jugs, Gazelles
Woman in Native Costume of Upper-Guinea
  • Printer: BdF
  • 5/10/1955

  • Watermark

Guadeloupe
B318 (
  • K.112
  • P-14
) 25 Francs
Allegorical Woman with Floral Garland; Ship, Jungle
  • Printer: BdF
  • 1934
Guadeloupe
B412a (
  • K.137
  • P-38
) 5000 Francs Victor Schoelcher
  • Printer: BdF
  • ND (1950-60)
  • 200 x 107mm

  • Watermark: Marianne

Martinique
B216 (
  • K.313
  • P-12
) 25 Francs
Allegorical Woman with Floral Garland; Ship, jungle
  • Printer: BdF
  • 1934
Martinique
B412a (
  • K.342
  • P-34a
) 5000 Francs Victor Schoelcher
  • Printer: BdF
  • ND (1952)
  • 200 x 107mm

Martinique
B418a (
  • K.347
  • P-41
) 50NF/5000 Francs Victor Schoelcher
  • Printer: BdF
  • ND
  • 200 x 107mm
  • Remainder
  • Unconfirmed

B238 face
B238 face
Morocco
B238 (
  • MK547
  • P-52
) 100D/10,000F View of Casablanca

  • Printer: BdF
  • 4/28/1955

  • Watermark: Lion

New Caledonia
B318d (
  • KM416
  • P-39d
) 100F/20pi
Athena with Oak Crown; Khmer Temple
  • Printer: BdF
  • ND (1963)
  • Sig 11

(F)
(B)
Reunion
B213 (
  • K.412
  • P-23
) 23 Francs
Allegorical Woman with Floral Garland; Ship, jungle
  • Printer: BdF
  • 1934
Reunion
B411 (
  • K.439
  • P-48
) 5000 Francs Victor Schoelcher
  • Printer: BdF
  • ND (1947)
  • 200 x 107mm

Reunion
B502 (
  • K.441
  • P-50
) 5000 Francs Victor Schoelcher
  • Printer: BdF
  • ND (1960)
  • 200 x 107mm

Reunion
B505 (
  • K.444
  • P-53
) 5000 Francs Victor Schoelcher
  • Printer: BdF
  • ND (1965)
  • 200 x 107mm

B508b face
B508b face
Reunion
B508b (
  • K.447
  • P-56b
) 100NF/5000F Victor Schoelcher
  • Printer: BdF
  • ND (1971)
  • 200 x 107mm
  • Sig 2

  • Watermark: Marianne

St. Pierre and Miquelon
B515a (
  • K.621
  • P-29
) 5000 Francs Victor Schoelcher
  • Printer: BdF
  • ND (1950-60)
  • 200 x 107mm

  • Watermark: Marianne

St. Pierre and Miquelon
B521a (
  • K.627
  • P-35a
) 100NF/5000 Francs Victor Schoelcher
  • Printer: BdF
  • ND (1961)
  • 200 x 107mm

  • Watermark: Marianne

Uruguay
P-18 5 Pesos Woman, Horseback Rider
  • Printer: BdF
  • 7/18/1930

  • Watermark: José Gervasio Artigas, Father of Uruguayan Independence
(F)
Uruguay
P-19 10 Pesos Woman
  • Printer: BdF
  • 7/18/1930

  • Watermark: José Gervasio Artigas, Father of Uruguayan Independence
(F)
B988a face
B988a face
France
B988a (
  • F.35.3
  • P-133a
) 500 Francs Victor Hugo
Victor Hugo and the Pantheon where he is buried; Place des Vosges
  • Printer: BdF
  • 9/2/1954
  • 140 x 75mm
  • Sig 11
  • New series of smaller notes from BdF

  • Watermark: Bust of Victor Hugo
(F+B)
(F)
(B)
B989a face
B989a face
France
B989a (
  • F.42.22
  • P-134a
) 1000 Francs Richelieu
Richelieu at the Palais Royal
  • Printer: BdF
  • 10/4/1956
  • 150 x 80mm
  • Sig 12

  • Watermark: Richelieu
(F+B)
(F)
(B)
B964c face
B964c face
France
B964c (
  • F.46.8
  • P-97c
) 5000 Francs Victoire
Woman wearing olive wreath holding statue of winged Victory
  • Printer: BdF
  • 7/20/1939
  • 230 x 125mm
  • Intaglio
  • Sig 12
  • Signature title “LE CAISSIER PRINCIPAL”

  • Watermark: Head of woman and branch

(F+B)
B979a face
B979a face
France
B979a (
  • F.47.59
  • P-103e
) 5000 Francs Empire Française
France with natives of the French community, Ports of the Basque coast, France and Rabat, Morocco
  • Printer: BdF
  • 3/20/1947
  • 208 x 115mm
  • Sig 15

  • Watermark: Profiles of French, African and Asian women
(F+B)
(F)
(B)
France
B986 (
  • F.48
  • P-131
) 5000 Francs Land and Sea
Pomone, Amphitrite (wife of Posiedon), Mercury and Minerva
  • Printer: BdF
  • 1949-1957
  • 170 x 110mm

  • Watermark: Busts of Two Women
(F)
(B)
France
B991a (
  • F.49
  • P-135
) 5000 Francs Henri IV
Henri IV at the Pont Neuf; Château de Pau
  • Printer: BdF
  • 1957-1958
  • 160 x 85mm

  • Watermark: Marie de Médicis
(F+B)
(F)
(B)
B987d face
B987d face
France
B987d (
  • F.50.77
  • P-132d
) 10,000 Francs Education
  • Printer: BdF
  • 12/1/1955
  • 221 x 120mm
  • Sig 11

  • Watermark: Allegorical Bust
(F+B)
(F)
B992b face
B992b face
France
B992b (
  • F.51.13
  • P-136b
) 10,000 Francs Bonaparte
Napoleon Bonaparte, Arc de Triomphe; Les Invalides
  • Printer: BdF
  • 10/2/1958
  • 172 x 92mm
  • Sig 14

  • Watermark: Bonaparte
(F+B)
(F)
(B)
France
B994 (
  • F.52
  • P-137
) 5 NF Victor Hugo
Victor Hugo and the Pantheon where he is buried
  • Printer: BdF
  • 142 x 75mm

  • Watermark: Victor Hugo

(F+B)
(F)
(B)
B995 face
B995 face
France
B995 (
  • F.53.1
  • P-138
) 10 NF Richelieu
Richelieu at the Palais Royal
  • Printer: BdF
  • 3/7/1957
  • 150 x 80mm

  • Watermark: Richelieu

(F+B)
(F)
(B)
France
B996 (
  • F.54
  • P-139
) 50 NF Henri IV
Henri IV at the Pont Neuf; Château de Pau
  • Printer: BdF
  • 160 x 80mm

  • Watermark: Marie de Médicis

(F+B)
(F)
(B)
France
B997 (
  • F.55
  • P-140
) 100 NF Bonaparte
Napoleon Bonaparte, Arc de Triomphe; Les Invalides
  • Printer: BdF
  • 10/30/1958
  • 172 x 92mm

  • Watermark: Bonaparte

(F+B)
(F)
(B)
B999a face
B999a face
France
B999a (
  • F.56.5
  • P-141a
) 5 NF Victor Hugo
Victor Hugo and the Pantheon where he is buried; Place des Vosges
  • Printer: BdF
  • 2/4/1960
  • 140 x 75mm
  • Sig 16

  • Watermark: Victor Hugo

(F+B)
(F)
(B)
B1000a face
B1000a face
France
B1000a (
  • F.57.19
  • P-142a
) 10 NF Richelieu
Richelieu at the Palais Royal
  • Printer: BdF
  • 6/7/1962
  • 150 x 80mm
  • Sig 16

  • Watermark: Richelieu

(F+B)
(F)
(B)
B1001a face
B1001a face
France
B1001a (
  • F.58.5
  • P-143a
) 50 NF Henri IV
Henri IV at the Pont Neuf; Château de Pau
  • Printer: BdF
  • 4/7/1960
  • 160 x 85mm
  • Sig 16

  • Watermark: Marie de Médicis

(F+B)
(F)
(B)
France
B1002 (
  • F.59
  • P-144
) 100 NF Bonaparte
Napoleon Bonaparte, Arc de Triomphe; Les Invalides
  • Printer: BdF
  • 1959
  • 172 x 92mm

  • Watermark: Bonaparte

(F+B)
(F)
(B)
B1003a face
B1003a face
France
B1003a (
  • F.60.8
  • P-145a
) 500 NF Molière
Molière with Malade Imaginaire (The Imaginary Invalid) play at the Palais Royal
  • Printer: BdF
  • 1/8/1965
  • 182 x 97mm
  • Sig 16

  • Watermark: Armande Béjart
(F+B)
(F)
(B)
B1005b face
B1005b face
France
B1005b (
  • F.62.19
  • P-147b
) 10 Francs Voltaire
Voltaire at the Tuileries Palace
  • Printer: BdF
  • 1/6/1966
  • 150 x 80mm
  • Sig 17

  • Watermark: Voltaire
(F+B)
(F)
(B)
B1006f face
B1006f face
France
B1006f (
  • F.64.33
  • P-148f
) 50 Francs Jean Racine
Jean Racine at the Port Royal des Champs Abbey
  • Printer: BdF
  • 6/3/1976
  • 160 x 85mm
  • Sig 18

  • Watermark: Character from Andromaque
(F+B)
(F)
B1007f face
B1007f face
France
B1007f (
  • F.65.51
  • P-149f
) 100 Francs Pierre Corneille
Pierre Corneille, Versailles; View of Rouen
  • Printer: BdF
  • 1/2/1976
  • 172 x 92mm
  • Sig 18

  • Watermark: Portraits d’Auguste et Horace, héros de tragédies de Corneille
(F+B)
(F)
(B)

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