Issuance and withdrawal of banknotes
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The table below lists all banknotes issued by the Banque de France, grouped by denomination, along with the dates on which they were issued and withdrawn from circulation, and the date on which they ceased to be legal tender.
5 FRANCS | ||||
TYPES | CREATION | DATE ISSUED | START OF WITHDRAWAL FROM CIRCULATION* | CEASED TO BE LEGAL TENDER** |
1871 | Décembre 1871 | 01.02.1872 | 05.02.1874 | 31.12.1933 |
1905 | 02.01.1912 | 30.07.1914 | 04.10.1918 | 31.12.1933 |
1917 | 01.12.1917 | 04.10.1918 et 02.09.1939 | 12.10.1933 | 31.12.1933 et 01.01.1963 |
1943 Shepherd | 02.06.1943 | 21.08.1943 |
| 01.01.1963 |
1959 Victor Hugo (NF) | 05.03.1959 | 04.01.1960 | 03.01.1967 | 01.04.1968 |
1966 Louis Pasteur | 05.05.1966 | 03.01.1967 | 06.01.1971 | 01.11.1972 |
* In general, and except where stipulated otherwise, a banknote is withdrawn gradually from circulation once a new banknote (or coin) of that particular denomination has been issued.
** The concept of withdrawal of legal tender status first appeared on 31 December 1933 and concerned the 5-franc, 10-franc and 20-franc notes. Law of 25.6.1928 (Art. 7), amended by the law of 30.12.1932 (Art. 10).
10 FRANCS | ||||
TYPES | CREATION | DATE ISSUED | START OF WITHDRAWAL FROM CIRCULATION* | CEASED TO BE LEGAL TENDER** |
1915 Minerva | 03.01.1916 | 22.05.1916 and 02.09.1939 | 27.03.1933 and 05.06.1951 | 31.12.1933 and 01.01.1963 |
1941 Miner | 11.09.1941 | 11.11.1943 | 05.06.1951 | 01.01.1963 |
1959 Richelieu (NF) | 05.03.1959 | 04.01.1960 | 02.01.1964 | 01.04.1968 |
1963 Voltaire | 04.01.1963 | 02.01.1964 | 31.12.1980 | 15.09.1986 |
1972 Berlioz | 23.11.1972 | 05.11.1974 | 31.12.1980 | 15.09.1986 |
20 FRANCS | ||||
TYPES | CREATION | DATE ISSUED | START OF WITHDRAWAL FROM CIRCULATION* | DATE PERMANENTLY WITHDRAWN OR CEASED TO BE LEGAL TENDER** |
1871 | 23.12.1870 | 12.01.1871 | 12.12.1874 | 02.01.1923 |
1873 | 01.07.1874 | 30.07.1914 | 01.10.1917 | 31.12.1933 |
1905 | 02.01.1906 | 30.07.1914 | 01.10.1917 | 31.12.1933 |
1916 Bayard | 01.07.1916 | 01.10.1917 | June 1930 | 31.12.1933 |
1940 Work and Science | 07.12.1939 | 16.12.1940 |
| 01.01.1963 |
1942 Fisherman | 12.02.1942 | 17.12.1942 | 13.11.1950 | 01.01.1963 |
1980 Debussy | 04.08.1980 | 06.10.1981 |
| 17.02.2012 |
25 FRANCS | ||||
TYPES | CREATION | DATE ISSUED | START OF WITHDRAWAL FROM CIRCULATION* | DATE PERMANENTLY WITHDRAWN OR CEASED TO BE LEGAL TENDER** |
1870 Paris | 16.08.1870 | 01.09.1870 | 14.01.1873 | 02.01.1923 |
1870 Clermont-Ferrand | 15.09.1870 | 11.11.1870 | 14.01.1873 | 02.01.1923 |
50 FRANCS | ||||
TYPES | CREATION | DATE ISSUED | START OF WITHDRAWAL FROM CIRCULATION* | DATE PERMANENTLY WITHDRAWN OR CEASED TO BE LEGAL TENDER** |
1864 | 02.03.1864 | 21.03.1864 | 17.12.1884 | 02.01.1923 |
1868 | 26.11.1868 | 04.03.1869 | 24.12.1885 | 02.01.1923 |
1870 Clermont-Ferrand | 15.09.1870 | 11.11.1870 | 24.12.1885 | 02.01.1923 |
1884 | 01.08.1884 | 10.11.1884 | 24.10.1891 | 02.01.1923 |
1889 blue and pink | 01.05.1889 | 21.10.1889 | 26.01.1942 | 04.06.1945 |
1927 Luc-Olivier Merson | 11.02.1927 | 03.01.1928 | 26.01.1942 | 04.06.1945 |
1933 | 15.11.1934 | 15.03.1935 | 16.12.1943 | 04.06.1945 |
1941 Jacques Coeur | 13.06.1940 | 23.01.1941 | 04.06.1945 | 04.06.1945 |
1946 Le Verrier | 14.03.1946 | 10.03.1947 | 11.12.1951 | 01.01.1963 |
1959 Henri IV (NF) | 05.03.1959 | 04.01.1960 | 02.01.1963 | 01.04.1968 |
1962 Racine | 07.06.1962 | 02.01.1963 |
| 15.09.1986 |
1976 Quentin de LaTour | 15.06.1976 | 05.04.1977 |
| 30.11.2005 |
1992 St Exupéry | 10.03.1992 | 20.10.1993 |
| 17.02.2012 |
100 FRANCS | ||||
TYPES | CREATION | DATE ISSUED | START OF WITHDRAWAL FROM CIRCULATION* | DATE PERMANENTLY WITHDRAWN OR CEASED TO BE LEGAL TENDER** |
1848 provisional version | 16.03.1848 | 19.06.1848 | 09.06.1849 | December 1897 |
1848 final version | 14.09.1848 | 07.06.1849 | 24.12.1885 | December 1897 |
1862 | 08.01.1863 | 03.08.1863 | 24.12.1885 | 02.01.1923 |
1882 | 02.01.1882 | 07.10.1882 | 04.03.1889 | 02.01.1923 |
1888 blue and pink | 12.09.1888 | 04.03.1889 | 16.12.1943 | 04.06.1945 |
1906 Luc-Olivier Merson | 02.01.1908 | 03.01.1910 | 04.06.1945 | 04.06.1945 |
1939 Sully | 19.05.1939 | 13.08.1940 | 04.06.1945 | 04.06.1945 |
1942 Descartes | 15.05.1942 | 21.07.1944 | 04.06.1945 | 04.06.1945 |
1945 Young farmworker | 07.11.1945 | 10.03.1947 | 06.12.1954 | 01.01.1963 |
1959 Bonaparte (NF) | 05.03.1959 | 04.01.1960 |
| 30.04.1971 |
1964 Corneille | 02.04.1964 | 19.01.1965 | 01.03.1985 | 15.09.1986 |
1978 Delacroix | 24.03.1978 | 02.08.1979 | 01.02.1999 | 31.01.2009 |
1997 Cézanne | 30.10.1996 | 15.12.1997 | 18.02.2002 | 17.02.2012 |
| 200 FRANCS | ||||
TYPES | CREATION | DATE ISSUED | START OF WITHDRAWAL FROM CIRCULATION* | DATE PERMANENTLY WITHDRAWN OR CEASED TO BE LEGAL TENDER** |
1847 | 10.06.1847 | 28.10.1847 |
| December 1897 |
1847 – 2nd version | 09.03.1848 | 23.03.1848 | 24.12.1885 | December 1897 |
1848 branch version | 17.08.1848 |
| 15.09.1890 | December 1897 |
1981 Montesquieu | 20.08.1981 | 07.07.1982 | 01.04.1998 | 31.03.2008 |
1995 Gustave Eiffel | 12.12.1995 | 29.10.1996 | 18.02.2002 | 17.02.2012 |
250 FRANCS – Regional Branches | ||||
TYPES | CREATION | DATE ISSUED | START OF WITHDRAWAL FROM CIRCULATION* | DATE PERMANENTLY WITHDRAWN OR CEASED TO BE LEGAL TENDER** |
1808 Regional offices | 27.09.1810 |
| 15.09.1890 | December 1897 |
1836 Regional offices | 09.06.1836 |
| 15.09.1890 | December 1897 |
300 FRANCS | ||||
TYPES | CREATION | DATE ISSUED | START OF WITHDRAWAL FROM CIRCULATION* | CEASED TO BE LEGAL TENDER** |
1938 Ceres | 06.10.1938 | 04.06.1945 | 20.11.1950 | 01.01.1963 |
500 FRANCS | ||||
TYPES | CREATION | DATE ISSUED | START OF WITHDRAWAL FROM CIRCULATION* | DATE PERMANENTLY WITHDRAWN OR CEASED TO BE LEGAL TENDER** |
Caisse de Comptes Courants | 11 Nivôse An VII |
|
| December 1897 |
Old version | 2 Messidor An VIII | 22 Nivôse An X |
| December 1897 |
Germinal | 19.02.1806 | 03.04.1807 |
| December 1897 |
1817 final version | 02.01.1818 | 19.03.1818 |
| December 1897 |
1829 | 05.03.1829 | 29.10.1829 |
| décembre 1897 |
1831 | 15.09.1831 | 24.05.1832 |
| décembre 1897 |
1842 | 22.02.1844 | 12.12.1844 |
| décembre 1897 |
1863 | 05.11.1863 | 04.02.1864 | 17.12.1888 | 02.01.1923 |
1888 blue and pink | 02.11.1888 | 17.12.1888 | 16.12.1943 | 04.06.1945 |
1939 Peace | 04.01.1940 | 25.02.1941 | 04.06.1945 | 04.06.1945 |
1945 Chateaubriand | 19.07.1945 | 20.05.1946 | 12.10.1954 | 01.01.1963 |
1953 Victor Hugo | 07.01.1954 | 12.10.1954 | 04.01.1960 | 01.04.1968 |
1953 Victor Hugo new 5 NF version | 30.10.1958 | 15.07.1959 | 04.01.1960 | 01.04.1968 |
1959 Molière (NF) | 02.07.1959 | 02.12.1960 | 09.03.1970 | 30.04.1971 |
1968 Pascal | 04.01.1968 | 07.01.1969 | 01.03.1997 | 01.03.2007 |
1993 Pierre and Marie Curie | 01.06.1994 | 22.03.1995 | 18.02.2002 | 17.02.2012 |
1,000 FRANCS | ||||
TYPES | CREATION | DATE ISSUED | START OF WITHDRAWAL FROM CIRCULATION* | DATE PERMANENTLY WITHDRAWN OR CEASED TO BE LEGAL TENDER** |
Caisse de Comptes Courants | 12 Ventôse An VII |
| 7 Thermidor An VIII | December 1897 |
Old version | 2 Messidor An VIII | 28 Messidor An VIII | 12.11.1806 | December 1897 |
Germinal | 27 Germinal An XIII | 12.11.1806 |
| December 1897 |
Provisional version | 25.04.1814 | 20.05.1814 |
| December 1897 |
1817 final version | 17.04.1817 | 09.10.1817 |
| December 1897 |
1829 | 26.11.1829 | 25.03.1830 |
| December 1897 |
1831 (identical) | 15.09.1831 | 24.05.1832 |
| December 1897 |
1837 branch version | 23.02.1837 |
| 15.09.1890 | December 1897 |
1842 | 25.06.1842 | 18.05.1843 |
| December 1897 |
1848 branch version | 12.10.1848 |
| 15.09.1890 | December 1897 |
1862 | 04.12.1862 | 06.07.1863 |
| 02.01.1923 |
1862 branch version | 04.12.1862 | 06.07.1863 | 15.09.1890 | 02.01.1923 |
1889 blue and pink | 07.11.1889 | 27.02.1890 | 19.10.1933 | 04.06.1945 |
1927 Ceres and Mercury | 11.02.1927 | 02.01.1929 | 04.06.1945 | 04.06.1945 |
1940 Trade and industry | 24.10.1940 | 19.05.1944 | 04.06.1945 | 04.06.1945 |
1942 Demeter | 28.05.1942 | 21.10.1942 | 19.05.1944 | 04.06.1945 |
1945 Minerva and Hercules | 12.04.1945 | 02.07.1945 | 06.12.1955 | 01.04.1968 |
1953 Richelieu | 02.04.1953 | 06.12.1955 | 04.01.1960 | 01.04.1968 |
1953 Richelieu new 10 NF version | 07.03.1957 | 15.07.1959 | 04.01.1960 | 01.04.1968 |
5,000 FRANCS | ||||
TYPES | CREATION | DATE ISSUED | START OF WITHDRAWAL FROM CIRCULATION* | DATE PERMANENTLY WITHDRAWN OR CEASED TO BE LEGAL TENDER** |
1846 | 28.05.1846 | 13.08.1846 | 24.12.1885 | December 1897 |
1918 Flameng | 02.01.1918 | 26.09.1938 | 04.06.1945 | 04.06.1945 |
1934 Victory | 08.11.1934 | 26.09.1938 | 04.06.1945 | 04.06.1945 |
1942 French Empire | 05.03.1942 | 04.06.1945 | 31.01.1948 | 29.01.1948 |
1949 Land and Sea | 10.03.1949 | 21.07.1950 | 18.03.1959 | 01.04.1968 |
1957 Henri IV | 07.02.1957 | 21.11.1958 | 04.01.1960 | 01.04.1968 |
1957 Henri IV new 50 NF version | 30.10.1958 | 15.07.1959 | 04.01.1960 | 01.04.1968 |
10,000 FRANCS | ||||
TYPES | CREATION | DATE ISSUED | START OF WITHDRAWAL FROM CIRCULATION* | DATE PERMANENTLY WITHDRAWN OR CEASED TO BE LEGAL TENDER** |
1945 French ingenuity | 27.12.1945 | 21.07.1950 | 18.03.1959 | 01.04.1968 |
1955 Bonaparte | 01.12.1955 | 11.12.1956 | 04.01.1960 | 30.04.1971 |
1955 Bonaparte new 100 NF version | 30.10.1958 | 15.07.1959 | 04.01.1960 | 30.04.1971 |
Updated on: 06/12/2018 10:34