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- OBJECT TYPE
- France/20 francs
- DATE
- 1944
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 2007.0021.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Banque de France
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- France
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General Information
- Serial #
- 265122241
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 2
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- paper
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 13.0 cm
- Width
- 8.0 cm
- Height
- N/A
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Aviation
- Category
- Commemorative
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Unknown
- Country
- France
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- WWII (1939-1945); this bill series of 1944
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
currency possibly included in survival kit to facilitate purchases if shot down over France - Technical
-
Unknown - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- lettering printed on front reads: "20/BANQUE DE FRANCE/20/265122241/VINGT/FRANCS/LE CAISSIER/GENERAL,/[signature - illeg.]/LE SECRETAIRE/GENERAL,/[signature - illeg.]/22241/B.10=2=1944.B./B.107"; lettering printed on back reads: "20/BANQUE DE FRANCE/20/LE CONTREFACTEUR SERA/PUNI DES TRAVAUX FORCES/A PERPETUITE"
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- multi-coloured - predom. brown
- Decoration
- unidentified images possibly copied from works of art on front & back
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Banque de France, Banknote, 1944, Artifact no. 2007.0021, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/item/2007.0021.001/
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