Fifty francs Ceres is a French banknote, the sketch of which was approved on November 15, 1934 and was issued by the Bank of France from March 15, 1935, before replacing the fifty francs by Jacques Coeur for a banknote.
| Fifty Ceres Francs | |
|---|---|
| 50 francs type 1933 "Cérès" | |
| A country | France |
| Denomination | 50 francs |
| Width | 155 mm |
| Height | 90 mm |
| Security features | Watermark |
| Background | Orange and brown |
| Date of printing | 1934 - 1940 |
| Obverse | |
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| Drawing obverse | Ceres and Versailles |
| Author obverse | Clement Cervo and Ernest Pierre Delosh |
| Reverse | |
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| Reverse pattern | Mercury |
| The author of the reverse | Clement Cervo and Ernest Pierre Delosh |
History
A banknote belongs to a series of multicolored banknotes, the main theme of which are mythological and allegorical plots. It is also called the 1933 Type. The banknote was printed from November 1934 to May 1940. Issued on March 15, 1935. The beginning of the withdrawal of banknotes from circulation on December 16, 1943 until the termination of the status of legal tender from June 4, 1945.
Description
The authors of the banknote were the artist Clement Cervo and the engraver Ernest Pierre Delosh (1861-1950). The dominant colors are orange and brown. On the obverse are depicted: on the left, the goddess Ceres crowned with laurels and ears of wheat and grass, on the right a statue of a woman whose gaze is directed at Versailles Park. On the reverse: on the right is Mercury, dressed in blue clothes, holding a baton decorated with ears of wheat. On the left is a cornucopia, which is one of the attributes of Fortune . The watermark is the head of the goddess Ceres in profile, on which is placed a wreath of fruits. The size of the banknote is 155 mm x 90 mm [1] .
Notes
- ↑ Encyclopedia of the French franc (Fr.) . site franc.francais.free. The appeal date was July 9, 2011. Archived April 7, 2012.
Literature
- Musée Carnavalet: L'art du billet. Billets de la Banque de France 1800-2000 , Banque de France / Paris-Musées, 2000 - ISBN 978-2879004877
- Claude Fayette, Les billets de la Banque de France et du Trésor (1800–2002) , C. Fayette Éd., 2003 - ISBN 978-2951634312
- Tristan Gaston-Breton: Indispensable Billet. Petites et grandes histoires du billet de banque en France , Le Cherche midi, 2007 - ISBN 978-2-7491-0444-7
- M. Kolsky, J. Laurent et A. Dailly: Les Billets de France, 1707-2000 , coll. "Histoire du papier-monnaie français", Les éditions du Landit, 2009 - ISBN 978-26079260903
Links
- Banque de France 50 francs type 1933. “Cérès” options , fox-notes.ru
- 50 francs type 1933 "Cérès" , Bank of France (Fr.)