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Banque de France

Type - 1938

Issues 1938-1939 (1945)

REFERENCE: Banque de France. Type - 1938. Banknotes were printed in 1938-1939. A banknote of 300 francs came into circulation in 1945.

The reason for the preparation of the issue of a banknote of the 1938 type was the Sudeten crisis and the fear of the crisis escalating into a pan-European war.
 
cat. # F
cat. # P
face value
year
Description/Notes
 OBVERSE
REVERSE

Banque de France

300 francs type 1938
29
P:87
300 francs
ND(1938)
 Series A - M (6-10-1938)


29
P:87
300 francs
ND(1938)
 W Series (24-11-1938)

29
P:87
300 francs
ND(1939)
 N-Z Series (9-2-1939)

29
P:87s
300 francs
0000

SPECIMEN Series O



 
 

 

Reserve series banknotes, unreleased banknotes.

3000 francs type 1938
265 tbsp.
NL
3,000 francs
ND(1938)
 Series A - G (6-10-1938)

265 tbsp.
NL
3,000 francs
ND(1938)
  W Series (14-12-1938)

265 tbsp.
NL
3,000 francs
0000

SPECIMEN Batch F C i.v.

265 tbsp.
NL
3,000 francs
0000

bSPECIES (SAMPLE) Batch F w/o i.v.



 
 




Notes:

1. Banknotes are not dated. The print date can be determined by the gender of the banknote series.

3. The design of the 300-franc banknote is borrowed from an unreleased 10-franc type 1933 banknote. For details see Bank of France notes not issued/trial

4. Trial banknotes of 500 francs of the type 1938 are known - overprint on the banknote of 300 francs 1938. For more details, see Bank of France notes not issued/trial

5. The 3000 franc note differs sharply in design from other French banknotes, it is frankly primitive.

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