French army occupation issues for Austria and Germany with "Trésor Français" legend at left. Description: brown and multicolored design. Front: mercury at left center, value top left and right, reverse brown and multicolored, maiden at center. Watermark with helmeted head profile. Size: 116 x 75 mm. Very difficult to find in good quality.

979 copies in inventory (January 12, 2021) 

(1) Smallest known number: A.1-03870. Largest known number: W.1-99770.
(2) Smallest known number: A.2-27029. Largest known number: W.2-98968.
(3) Smallest known number: A.3-06376. Largest known number: W.3-98926.
(4) Smallest known number: A.4-00197. Largest known number: W.4-04060. The following series are still missing: G.4, H.4, L.4, M.4, N.4, P.4, Q.4, R.4, S.4, T.4, X.4 and Y.4.
(5) Smallest known number: Z.11-86356. Largest known number: W.11-95204. The known series are: Z.11 and W.11.
(6) Smallest known number: H.15-54684. Largest known number: H. 15-92058. The only known series is: H.15.
(7) One known copy perforated "SPECIMEN" obliquely.

Note: copy E.4-71398 is perforated twice "SPECIMEN" obliquely.

The copies E.1-61910, J.1-23104, M.1-84297, G.2-92685, O.3-14722, C.4-62757 and H.15-54804 have been tampered with into counterfeit Suez Crisis banknotes (Ref. VF.42).