20 francs Type 1943 Saint-Pierre-and-Miquelon UK printing

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Pick: #12 , Other: #K603

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Saint-Pierre-and-Miquelon. Central Bank of Free France. No date (1943). Work by Edmund Dulac. Dimensions: 135 x 75 mm. Printer: Bradbury and Wilkinson of London. Banknote without watermark. Green print on a safety background in purple and yellow gradient consisting of geometric patterns repeated continuously. Front: The value "20" is repeated on the left and right of the bill. Numbering printed in red. Signatures, values, and labels are printed in green. In the center, in a dark green oval in the shape of an eye, a portrait of Marianne wearing a phrygian cap in profile. Marine anchors with cross of Lorraine on both sides of the figure. Two signatures: The Chief Executive Officer: A. Diethelm and The Chairman of the Supervisory Board: Pleven. Back: Guilloche patterns in the corners on security background in yellow and purple gradient and in an oval, Article 139 of the Penal Code framed by the value "20" repeated left and right. Ordinance of December 2, 1941. Specimen Type with 10 notes taken from the LA series. Specimen numbered LA 000,000 on the left and right in red. Other specimen numbered LA 000,001 to LB 1,000,000. Numbering of issued notes: LA 000,001 to LA 030,000. Banknotes numbered LA 030,001 to LA 530,000 were lost at sea in March 1943. Note very rare: 30,000 issued notes.

Banknotes :Central Bank of Free France 1943 (1943)