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100 Livres Banque Royale
| Issuer | Banque Royale |
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| Year | 1720 |
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| Composition | Paper |
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| Obverse description | Uniface typeset note produced by letterpress, with a central dry embossed stamp bearing the royal arms of France — a shield charged with three fleurs-de-lis, surmounted by a crown and flanked by acanthus leaves and oak branches — encircled by the legend 'Banque Royale'. The surrounding text, set in period typeface including long-s characters, states the bank's promise to pay the bearer one hundred livres tournois in silver coin, dated Paris, 1 January 1720, with the manuscript endorsements of the controllers Fenellon, Bourgeois, and Dureveft. |
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| Reverse description | Blank, with show-through of the obverse letterpress text and embossed royal arms visible in mirror image through the paper. The image confirms the uniface printing of this note. |
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| Protection type | Watermark |
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