1000 francs Suez Crisis Type 1956 | French Treasury - Occupation after 1945

About VF.43 - 1000 francs Suez Crisis Type 1956

French army occupation issues for "Suez Expedition" with Black overprint "FORCES FRANÇAISES EN MÉDITERRANÉE ORIENTALE" along with two black rectangles. Issue of November 1956. Without signature. Description: blue and multicolored design. Front: mercury at left center, reverse blue and multicolored, maiden at center. Watermark with helmeted head profile. Be careful with counterfeit notes. Very rare. Size: 116 x 75 mm.

47 copies in inventory (January 12, 2021)

Reference	Series	Inventory	%
VF.43.01	1	14	32%
VF.43.02	2	20	45%
VF.43.03	3	10	23%
VF.43.00s	0.0-00000	3	(1)

(1) The specimen is very rare: two copies are known in UNC grade unperforated "SPECIMEN" (Numizon collection and GJ collection). A third note is known in UNC grade, perforated "SPECIMEN" vertically (note seen on page 578 of the 2007 Fayette Catalog).