France 1939 - 5 Francs ‘Violet’- No Y.65540 - P# 83a

France 2.11.1939 - 5 Francs ‘Violet’ - No Y.65540 - Near UNC
Issuing bank : Bank of France
Period: Third Republic (1870-1940)
Years:1939-1940
Currency: Franc (1795-1959)
Size: 80 × 125 mm
Obverse: France helmeted in a medallion - article 139 of the penal code
Lettering: BANQUE DE FRANCE - CINQ FRANCS 5 | 5 - LE CONTREFACTEUR SERA PUNI DES TRAVAUX FORCES A PERPETUITE - Signatures du Caissier Général et du Secretaire General
Engravers: César Romagnol, Emile Deloche
Designers: Georges Duval, Charles-Albert Walhain
Reverse: Dock worker on a ladder climbing a bag on the quay of a port, in the background a moored sailboat
Lettering: 5 - BANQUE DE FRANCE
Engravers: César Romagnol, Emile Deloche
Designers: Georges Duval, Charles-Albert Walhain
Comments: Type 1917 adapted 1939 - One combination of signatories : Pierre Rousseau - René Favre-Gilly
References:P# 83a, Fay# 04/14 (2.11.1939)