50 Francs - Allied Military Currency

Features

Issuer	Francja (France)
Issuing entity	Commandement militaire allié
Period	Provisional Government of the French Republic (1944-1946)
Type	Emergency banknotes
Year	1944
Value	50 Francs
Currency	Franc (1795-1959)
Composition	Papier
Size	156 × 66 mm
Shape	Prostokątny
Issued	6 June 1944
Demonetized	15 June 1945
Number	N# 206791
References	P# 117 Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes). , Fay# VF.19 Claude Fayette, Jean-Marc Dessal; 2011. La Cote des Billets de la Banque de France et du Trésor (2012-2013). Numismatique & Change, Revigny-sur-Ornain, France.

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Series: Drapeau type 1944

Obverse

Guilloches Automatically translated

Script: łaciński

Lettering:
CINQUANTE FRANCS
SERIE DE 1944
EMIS EN FRANCE

Reverse

Francuska flaga Automatically translated

Script: łaciński

Lettering: LIBERTÉ ÉGALITÉ FRATERNITÉ

Printer

Forbes Lithograph Manufacturing Company, United States

Comments

Banknoty te zostały wydrukowane w USA i wyemitowane przez wojska alianckie podczas początkowych etapów wyzwalania Francji w 1944 roku. Nie zostały one zatwierdzone przez Rząd Tymczasowy Republiki Francuskiej, ale były akcept owane przez banki i do płacenia podatków. Większe nominały zostały zdemonetyzowane w czerwcu 1945 r., ale 2, 5 i 10 franków nie zostały zdemonetyzowane aż do wprowadzenia euro. Automatically translated

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These notes were printed in the U.S.A. and issued by the Allied military during the initial stages of the liberation of France in 1944. They were not approved by the Provisional Government of the French Republic but were accepted by banks and for payment of taxes. The larger denominations were demonetized in June 1945 but the 2, 5 and 10 francs were not demonetized until the introduction of the euro.

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Date	VG	F	VF	XF		Frequency
Undetermined
1944					(fr) F.VF.19/00Sp - spécimen, n°00000000 (perforé SPECIMEN)	1.4%
1944	$ 2.30	$ 4.60	$ 5.80	$ 12	(fr) F.VF.19/01 - sans série	85%
1944					(fr) F.VF.19/02 - série X	8%

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	Katz Auction 183 Lot 1719	4 Feb 2026	Undetermined	XF	Unsold
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