French Fifty Francs Flag back Type 1944. American Impressions for the "Tom Cat" Operation. Accession number written on the reverse on the bottom. Staining on both sides. Supplemental French franc currency
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
40000000
Banknote Details
Banknote Type
Issued Note
Currency
French Franc
Denomination
50
Production Dates
1944
Serial Number
05987881
Obverse
Description
Black and white frame decorated with abstract shapes and two guilloche rosettes printed in purple on the sides. A security background is made up of wavy curved lines printed in blue above abstract shapes in green and blue. The value in figures is repeated twice in purple in the corners and once in the center in white in a purple cartridge. The value in letters "CINQUANTE FRANCS" and the words "SÉRIE DE 1944 / CINQUANTE FRANCS / ÉMIS EN / FRANCE" are printed in purple on each side of the value. The eight-digit banknote number is printed twice in black. No signatures.
Reverse
Description
Dark blue and white frame decorated with abstract shapes. A security background composed of curved lines wavy in blue and red converging in rays towards a medallion in the center placed on a base decorated with leaves, in which is the tricolor flag and the three currencies of France: "LIBERTÉ, ÉGALITÉ, FRATERNITÉ ".
