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Banknote of 100 Fr Bonaparte 1962. Very nice condition

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Banknotes, highly prized by collectors. They are in very good condition.
Virtually no pinholes or stains, barely visible creases, crisp and marked to the touch... The price is commensurate.
Issue No. G.4-10-1962-G has a small tear in the upper right corner of the front, but it's barely visible.
They were clearly rarely used.

Napoleon never had a French banknote bearing his portrait, nor a Paris street named after him.
Bonaparte, on the other hand, was much more respectable, and he was entitled to both...
The banknote depicting him is polychrome and printed intaglio.
Bonaparte's choice was obvious since he founded the Banque de France in 1800.
Clément Serveau took as his model the Unfinished Portrait of Bonaparte, a painting by Jacques-Louis David painted in 1798.

The first banknote, the 10,000 franc Bonaparte, was issued on December 1, 1955, and put into circulation on December 11, 1956, by the Banque de France.
On October 30, 1958, following the transition to the Fifth Republic and the introduction of the "New Franc," which saw the value of the franc multiplied by 100, the banknotes issued that day were overprinted with the red inscription « contre-valeur de 100 nouveaux francs ». These banknotes are rare and expensive.

Later, banknotes of this model bore the inscription 100 NF on the front and 100 on the back, within the frames indicating their values.
Printed from March 1959 to April 1964, this banknote ceased to be legal tender on April 30, 1971.

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