Mercury

B957a face
B957a face
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
B957b face
B957b face
France
B957b (
  • F.16.2
  • P-80a
) 50 Francs Luc-Olivier Merson
  • Printer: BdF
  • 8/13/1931
  • 170 x 123mm
  • Sig 4
  • Luc-Olivier Merson name in margin
  • 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

B970a face
B970a face
France
B970a (
  • F.26.69
  • P-94
) 100 Francs Sully
La France, Maurice de Sully; Sully-sur-Loire Castle
  • Printer: BdF
  • 4/2/1942
  • 178 x 90mm
  • Sig 4

  • Watermark: Ceres and Mercury in profile
(F+B)
B965a face
B965a face
France
B965a (
  • F.29.1
  • P-87a
) 300 Francs Cérès et Mercure
  • Printer: BdF
  • 10/6/1938
  • 138 x 88mm
  • Sig 4
  • This is the only BdF note with no printed date

  • Watermark: Profile of Mercury
(F+B)
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”
B958f face
B958f face
France
B958f (
  • F.38.46
  • P-90c
) 1000 Francs Ceres and Mercury
Allegory of Banque de France; François Arago, and Louis Pasteur
  • Printer: BdF
  • 4/18/1940
  • 235 x 130mm
  • Sig 12

  • Watermark: Profiles of Ceres and Mercury

B972a face
B972a face
France
B972a (
  • F.39.3
  • P-96a
) 1000 Francs Commerce and Industry
Allegories of Agriculture, Commerce and Industry
  • Printer: BdF
  • 12/19/1940
  • 195 x 118mm
  • Sig 12

  • Watermark: Woman with crown of flowers
(F+B)
(F)
(B)
B978a face
B978a face
France
B978a (
  • F.40.6
  • P-102
) 1000 Francs Demeter
Statue of Demeter holding Hercules as a child; Bronze of Mercury
  • Printer: BdF
  • 9/3/1942
  • 190 x 115mm
  • Sig 10

  • Watermark: Hermes
(F+B)
(F)
(B)
B956a face
B956a face
France
B956a (
  • F.43.1
  • P-76
) 5000 Francs Flameng
Allegories symbolizing the strength of the Banque de France, Research, Labor and Fortune
  • Printer: BdF
  • 1/26/1918
  • 256 x 128mm
  • Sig 13

  • Counterfoil
  • Watermark: Head of woman in profile (3 times)
(F+B)
B1603 face
B1603 face
France
B1603 (
  • P-M8
  • VF.31.1
) 50 Francs Mercury
  • Printer: BdF
  • 1947
  • 116 x 75mm

  • Watermark
(F)
(B)
B1605 face
B1605 face
France
B1605 (
  • P-M10
  • VF.33
) 1000 Francs Mercury
  • Printer: BdF
  • 1947
  • 116 x 75mm
(F)
B301 face
B301 face
France
B301 (
  • P-M11
  • VF.34.1
) 100 Francs Mercury
  • Printer: BdF
  • 1947
  • 116 x 75mm
(F)
JP.4.9 face
JP.4.9 face
France
JP.4.9 1 Francs Alais (30)
Orange, Black.
  • Printer: J. Brabo
  • 3/30/1916
JP.15.19 face
JP.15.19 face
France
JP.15.19 50 Centimes Auch, Gers (32)
  • Printer: T.H. Bouquet & Cie, Auch
  • 7/6/1921
JP.27.22 face
JP.27.22 face
France
JP.27.22 50 Centimes Béziers (34)
Statue of Pierre Paul-Riquet and Canal du Midi
  • Printer: Cadenat Fréres, Béziers
  • 11/10/1918
(F)
JP.30.28 face
JP.30.28 face
France
JP.30.28 50 Centimes Bordeaux (33)
  • Printer: Wetterwald Frères
  • 1917
JP.30.30 face
JP.30.30 face
France
JP.30.30 1 Franc Bordeaux (33)
  • Printer: Wetterwald Frères
  • 12/31/1926
JP.97.31 face
JP.97.31 face
France
JP.97.31 50 Centimes Paris (75)
  • Printer: E.H. Delaporte, Paris
  • 3/10/1920
(F)
JP.97.36 face
JP.97.36 face
France
JP.97.36 1 Franc Paris (75)
  • Printer: Chaix, Paris
  • 3/10/1920
(F)
JP.138.1 face
JP.138.1 face
France
JP.138.1 (
  • MK103
) 50 Centimes Bône, Algeria
  • Printer: Moullot, Marseille
  • 5/18/1915
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)
P-105a face
P-105a face
Greece
P-105a 100 Drachmas Hermes
  • Printer: BdF
  • 9/1/1935
  • 189 x 85mm

  • Watermark: Hermes
B223a face
B223a face
Tunisia
B223a (
  • MK419
  • P-24
) 100 Francs Hermes
Launching a boat at Sousse, Mosaic
  • Printer: BdF
  • 11/3/1947
  • 140 x 72mm
  • Sig 10

  • Watermark: Moorish Woman's head

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