50 francs Flag back Type 1944

Reference:

Pick: #117 , Other: VF.19

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Description

France. Supplemental French franc currency. American Impressions for the "Tom Cat" Operation. Date of Issue: 6-6-1944. 50 francs Type 1944 "Flag back". Dimensions: 156 x 66 mm. No date. 40,000,000 issued notes. No watermark, but a security sign symbolized by a stylized "F" for "Forbes" is hidden in the visual of the sticker on the front. Printer: Forbes Lithograph Manufacturing Co., Boston. Front and back: multicolored print, mainly purple and green. On the front: black and white frame decorated with abstract shapes and two guilloche rosettes printed in purple on the sides. A security background is made up of wavy curved lines printed in blue above abstract shapes in green and blue. The value in figures is repeated twice in purple in the corners and once in the center in white in a purple cartridge. The value in letters "CINQUANTE FRANCS" and the words "SÉRIE DE 1944 / CINQUANTE FRANCS / ÉMIS EN / FRANCE" are printed in purple on each side of the value. The eight-digit banknote number is printed twice in black. No signatures. On the back: dark blue and white frame decorated with abstract shapes. A security background composed of curved lines wavy in blue and red converging in rays towards a medallion in the center placed on a base decorated with leaves, in which is the tricolor flag and the three currencies of France: "LIBERTÉ, ÉGALITÉ, FRATERNITÉ ". Specimen of the issued note numbered 00000000 with "SPECIMEN" perforated horizontally in the center of the bill. Replacement note with the letter "X" printed on an issued note. Other reference: Schwan-Boling: # 145.

VF.19.02 (Block XS): 26 copies in inventory (January 12, 2021)

Banknotes :American Impressions (1944-1945)