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Military issues 1943-1945


 
 

REFERENCE: Military issues 1943-1945.

Military franc - banknotes produced in the United States during World War II in order to replace the banknotes of the Vichy government. The names are also used: banknotes with the flag (French Billet drapeau) (due to the presence of the French flag on the back of banknotes) and the occupation franc (English Occupation franc).
 
cat. # P
cat. # F
face value
year
Description/Notes
 OBVERSE
REVERSE

Tresor Central


Central Treasury. Release in Corsica.

Issue 1943-44.
P:105a
 
100 francs
1943
 
REVERSE

P:105s
 
100 francs
1943
 SPECIMEN


P:106
 
500 francs
ND(1944)
 
REVERSE

P:107
 
1,000 francs
ND(1944)
 portrait of Marianne
REVERSE

P:108a
 
1,000 francs
1943
 phoenix, not released


P:108s
 
1,000 francs
1943
 SPECIMEN


P:109a
 
5,000 francs
ND(1944)
 


P:109s
 
5,000 francs
ND(1944)
 SPECIMEN


P:110
 
5,000 francs
1943
 SPECIMEN
REVERSE

Release 1945 temporary
P:111
 
500 francs
ND(1945)
 TRESOR overprint in Algeria 93
REVERSE

P:112a
 
1,000 francs
ND(1945)
 TRESOR overprint in Algeria 86
REVERSE

P:112b
 
1,000 francs
ND(1945)
 TRESOR overprint on Algeria 89


P:113
 
5,000 francs
ND(1945)
TRESOR overprint on Algeria 90, probably all copies destroyed


 

Allied Military Currency


1st issue of 1944 (flag)

Bureau of Engraving and Printing
P:114a
 
2 francs
1944
 
REVERSE

P:114b
 
2 francs
1944
series 2
REVERSE

P:114s
 
2 francs
1944
SPECIMEN


P:115a
 
5 francs
1944
 
REVERSE

P:115b
 
5 francs
1944
series 2


P:115s
 
5 francs
1944
SPECIMEN


P:116a
 
10 francs
1944
 
REVERSE

P:116s
 
10 francs
1944
 SPECIMEN


P:117a
 
50 francs
1944
 
REVERSE

P:117s
 
50 francs
1944
 SPECIMEN


P:118a
 
100 francs
1944
 
REVERSE

P:118b
 
100 francs
1944
series 2


P:118s
 
100 francs
1944
SPECIMEN


P:119a
 
500 francs
1944
 
REVERSE

P:119s
 
500 francs
1944
 SPECIMEN


P:120a
 
1,000 francs
1944
 
REVERSE

P:120s
 
1,000 francs
1944
 SPECIMEN


P:121
 
5,000 francs
1944
 SPECIMEN
REVERSE

2nd issue, 1944 (FRANCE)

Bureau of Engraving and Printing
P:122a
 
50 francs
1944
 
REVERSE

P:122b
 
50 francs
1944
 series 2


P:122c
 
50 francs
1944
 series 3


P:122s
 
50 francs
1944
 SPECIMEN


P:123a
 
100 francs
1944
 
REVERSE

P:123b
 
100 francs
1944
 series 2 USA-BEP numbering


P:123c
 
100 francs
1944
 series 3-8 FORBES numbering
REVERSE

P:123d
 
100 francs
1944
 series 9


P:123e
 
100 francs
1944
 series 10


P:123s
 
100 francs
1944
 SPECIMEN


P:124a
 
500 francs
1944
 
REVERSE

P:124s
 
500 francs
1944
 SPECIMEN


P:125a
 
1,000 francs
1944
 
REVERSE

P:125b
 
1,000 francs
1944
 series 2


P:125c
 
1,000 francs
1944
 series 3


P:125s
 
1,000 francs
1944
 SPECIMEN


P:126
 
5,000 francs
1944
 SPECIMEN
REVERSE