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1000 Francs
| Issuer | Trésor Public |
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| Year | 1955 |
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| Reference(s) | P#M12 |
| Obverse description | A classical vignette at right presents the bust of Mercury in profile, wearing the winged petasus helmet and bearing the caduceus in his left hand. The denomination "1000" appears at left and right, with the issuing authority inscription "TRESOR PUBLIC" across the upper field. The extended legend running along the lower border specifies the note's validity in Germany for French forces and authorized personnel. |
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| Reverse description | A classical vignette at left presents the bust of Ceres in profile, wearing an elaborate headdress of foliage and plants, with her right hand holding ears of corn. The denomination "1000" is repeated at left and right flanking the central composition, with "TRESOR PUBLIC" inscribed across the upper field. An anti-counterfeiting legal warning runs along the lower border. |
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The Trésor Public series — distinct from the Banque de France's civilian issues — served French military and administrative personnel operating in occupied or transitional zones during and after the postwar period. P#M12 belongs to a category of military payment instruments designed to control currency flows between French forces and local economies, preventing arbitrage and black-market exchange that had badly distorted monetary conditions in France itself after Liberation.
Beltrand and Chapon were among the Banque de France's most accomplished intaglio engravers; their involvement signals this was a full-production note, not a field expedient.