César Romagnol

César Romagnol (1865-1918) was an Italian engraver, born Romagnoli.

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 in profile

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 in profile; Arab text in crescent moon

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

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 text

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

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

B217c face
B217c face
Tunisia
B217c (
  • MK407c
  • P-18
) 20 Francs Algerian Woman
Purple. Boys and Cactus
  • Printer: BdF
  • 2/2/1945
  • Sig 2
  • Sig titles SECRETAIRE GÉNÉRAL and CAISSIER PRINCIPAL
  • Date without letters

  • Watermark: BANQUE DE L’ALGÉRIE pattern

F.3.12 face
F.3.12 face
France
F.3.12 (
  • 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.4.15 face
F.4.15 face
France
F.4.15 (
  • F.4.15
  • P-83
) 5 Francs Violet
Rose, Purple. Allegory of France; Dock worker carrying a sack up a ladder
  • Printer: BdF
  • 11/28/1940
  • 125 x 80mm
  • Sig 4

  • Watermark: Soldier from the Marseillaise de Rude

F.6.11 face
F.6.11 face
France
F.6.11 (
  • 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.7.1 face
F.7.1 face
France
F.7.1 (
  • F.7.1
  • P-84
) 10 Francs Minerva
Blue. Effigy of the goddess Minerva; Peasant woman resting
  • Printer: BdF
  • 2/2/1939
  • 138 x 88mm
  • Sig 4

  • Watermark: Mercury

F.15.2 face
F.15.2 face
France
F.15.2 (
  • F.15.2
  • P-77a
) 50 Francs Luc-Olivier Merson
  • Printer: BdF
  • 1927
  • 170 x 123mm
  • Luc-Olivier Merson name in margin

  • Watermark: Busts of two women
F.16.2 face
F.16.2 face
France
F.16.2 (
  • F.16.2
  • P-80a
) 50 Francs Luc-Olivier Merson
Child Mercury, allegories of Science and Labor
  • Printer: BdF
  • 8/13/1931
  • 170 x 123mm
  • Sig 4
  • Starting with this note in 1930, BdF no longer mentions the artist's name in the margin of its banknotes.

  • Watermark: Busts of two women

F.24.16 face
F.24.16 face
France
F.24.16 (
  • F.24.16
  • P-78c
) 100 Francs Luc Olivier Merson
Allegories of women and children; Labor and Fortune
  • Printer: BdF
  • 2/25/1937
  • 182 x 112mm
  • Sig 7
  • 5-Digit Series Number, Larger Cartouche

  • Watermark: Ceres and Mercury in profile

F.25.28 face
F.25.28 face
France
F.25.28 (
  • F.25.28
  • P-86b
) 100 Francs Luc Olivier Merson
Allegories of women and children; Labor and Fortune
  • Printer: BdF
  • 8/11/1938
  • 182 x 112mm
  • Sig 4

  • Watermark: Ceres and Mercury in profile


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