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200 francs - Jean-Paul Belmondo
| Issuer | France |
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| Year | 2018 |
| Type | Fantasy banknote |
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| Obverse description | Central vignette of actor Jean-Paul Belmondo with a cigarette, set against a Paris cityscape with the Eiffel Tower. A stunt scene with two aircraft appears at left; at right, a pistol-wielding figure drawn from the original poster of Godard's "À bout de souffle" (1960). Inscriptions in letterpress throughout, with ECHANTILLON / NON VALABLE overprint. |
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| Reverse lettering | 200 DEVX CENTS FRANCS 200 2018 BON ANNIVERSAIRE BEBEL. BELMONDO LE MAGNIFIQUE FÊTE SES 85 ANS ECHANTILLON GABRISBANKNOTE 2018 |
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This is a reproduction banknote — a collector's fantasy piece, not a Banque de France issue. France moved to euro-denominated notes in 2002 and has issued no franc-denominated currency since. The "200 francs Belmondo" belongs to a cottage industry of privately produced commemorative items that mimic the visual grammar of official notes, often with a single nominal security feature — here a watermark — included to suggest legitimacy without crossing into counterfeiting law in the jurisdiction of production.
Matej Gabris is a Slovak graphic artist known for producing this type of fantasy note series, typically sold as novelty items. The piece has no legal tender status anywhere.