A 5 francs RCFTO Type 1923 note is currently for sale on ebay (eBay item number: #313373284550). The banknote is numbered A.1 - 001.492 and is, in our opinion, in VG grade. However, this is the smallest known number for the Type. The sale ends in two days ... January 17, 2021 at 9:43 PM!


Technical characteristics
- References: Pick: # R6, Pirot: # JP-135.6, Rosenberg: (2018) # RPR-61 and soon Hénon: # HEN.06 (1).
- Colors: dark blue, red and gray-brown.
- Date issued: 1923.
- Quantity issued: 1,616,000 copies, or 8,080,000 francs.
- Banknotes not returned: 52,816 copies ≈ 3.27%.
- Watermark: None.
- Format (in millimeters): 135 x 88 mm.
Numizon inventory
115 copies of the 5 francs Type 1923 are currently listed in our database, but the series A.1 is only known to 6 copies:
Series | Number | Grade |
---|---|---|
A.1 | 001,492 | VG |
A.1 | 032,767 | VF |
A.1 | 035,614 | VF |
A.1 | 052,346 | VG |
A.1 | 057,272 | F |
A.1 | 059,218 | F |
Notes
(1) "The prices quotes of the R.C.F.T.O banknotes" by Yann-Noël Hénon (to be published in 2021).