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Maker(s):French State (printed under)
Culture:French
Title:20 Francs
Date Made:1943 July 10
Type:Coin/Numismatic
Materials:Paper
Place Made:Europe; France
Accession Number:  MH 1997.14.542
Credit Line:Gift of the estate of Eileen Paradis Barber (Class of 1929)
Museum Collection:  Mount Holyoke College Art Museum

Description:
Obverse: Fisherman facing left, pulling rope, small port in background at left, rope border and stylized fish at bottom corners, numeral 20 at upper corners; BANQUE DE FRANCE VINGT FRANCS
Reverse: Two women, one embracing a young girl, holding baskets of fruit. Statue and church at right; BANQUE DE FRANCE and in lower left corner: LE CONTREFACTEUR SERA PUNI DES TRAVAUX FORCES A PERPETUITE

Tags:
money

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