The Banque de France's modified 'Luc Olivier Merson' 100 francs, with allegorical figures of labour, harvest and abundance on both sides and a blacksmith at his anvil on the reverse. This version, worded 'payables en espèces à vue au porteur', circulated in the late 1930s, just before the Second World War.
Ref
2409
Country
France
Issuer
France
Denomination
100 francs
Catalogue number
Pick 86a
Date
1937 (printed on the note)
Estimated value
£3.00 to £25.00 · price guide: Numista (prices for the similar 1924–37 Merson 100 francs)