French Five Franc Type 1944. Supplemental French currency after liberation. Series 1944.
Collection
Banknotes
Made/Created
Bureau
Forbes Lithograph Manufacturing Co
Date made
1944
Time Period
20th Century
Place of Origin
Country
France
Region
Western Europe
Continent
Europe
Quantity Produced
160000000
Banknote Details
Banknote Type
Issued Note
Currency
AM-Franc
Denomination
5
Issuing Authority
Allied Military Government of Occupied Territories
Production Dates
Jun 6, 1944
Serial Number
47320971
Obverse
Description
Black and white frame decorated with abstract shapes and two guilloche rosettes printed in dark blue on the sides at the bottom of the note. A safety background made up of wavy curved lines is printed in blue-green and mixed with abstract shapes in green and blue. The numerical value is repeated four times in dark blue in the corners and once in the center in white in a rosette in dark blue. The value in letters “CINQ / FRANCS” and the mention “ÉMIS EN / FRANCE” are printed in dark blue in the center. The words "SÉRIE DE 1944" are printed twice in black. The eight-digit banknote number is printed in black in the center. No signatures.
Reverse
Description
Dark blue and white frame decorated with abstract shapes. A safety background composed of curved lines wavy in blue and red. In the center, a large tricolor flag flies in the wind and below, a medallion decorated with leaves in which are inscribed the three currencies of France: "LIBERTY, EQUALITY, FRATERNITY"
