César Romagnol

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

• Like B135b

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

• For overprinted note, see B136a

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

• Like B124b

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

• Overprint on B127c

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

• Like B136a

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

• Vertical “TUNISIE” overprint at right on Algeria B124b

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

• Vertical “TUNISIE” overprint at right on Algeria B135b

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

For notes with this same design, see Marianne de Walhain omnibus

France
B952f (

• 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

• Like B952d except signature title changed to “Le Caissier Général”

For notes with this same design, see Marianne de Walhain omnibus

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

France
B953f (

• 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

• Like B953d except signature title changed to “Le Caissier Général”
• Like B953d except signature title changed to “Le Caissier Général”

France
B954a (

• F.11.01
• P-74

) 20 Francs Bayard

• Printer: BdF
• 9/22/1916
• 160 x 95mm
• Denomination in Blue

• Watermark: Bayard

France
B957a (

• F.15.2
• P-77a

) 50 Francs Luc-Olivier Merson

• Printer: BdF
• 4/2/1928
• 170 x 123mm
• Luc-Olivier Merson name in margin

• Watermark: Busts of two women

France
B957b (

• 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

• Like B957a without Merson artist name
• Like B957a without Merson artist name

France
B951g (

• 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 in larger Cartouche

• Watermark: Ceres and Mercury in profile

• Like B949a with notation “LOM 02” removed from bale