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100 francs - Jeanne d'Arc
| Issuer | France |
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| Year | 2021 |
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| Size | 140 x 73 mm |
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| Obverse description | Central vignette presents a portrait of Joan of Arc derived from the aldermen of Orléans portrait, inverted, drawn by Baillard and lithographed by Delpech of Paris. To the right, an azure coat of arms bearing a sword within a royal crown flanked by two fleurs-de-lys. Below, a vignette of Joan of Arc's birthplace, a 15th-century medieval house in Domrémy-la-Pucelle, Vosges, Lorraine. |
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| Protection type | Transvision effect |
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This is a collector issue, not a circulation note — France has used the euro since 2002, and the Banque de France has no authority to issue franc-denominated legal tender. The "100 francs" denomination here is purely commemorative, part of a broader French program producing polymer collector pieces styled after historic franc designs. The Jeanne d'Arc motif echoes the 1964–1978 circulating series engraved by Henri Cheffer, though the relationship between the two designs varies depending on which edition this belongs to.
Polymer substrate and the transvision security feature place the actual production almost certainly with a specialist security printer, not the Banque de France's own facility at Chamalières.