France 25.11.1943 - 5 Francs - No A.82 14666 - Near UNC
Issuing: Bank of France
Period: French State (1940-1944)
Years: 1943-1947
Currency: Franc (1795-1959)
Size: 64 × 100 mm
Obvers: Young Pyrenean shepherd (Berger Pyrénéen). Village near mountains - Banque de France - Cinq Francs - Le Caissier Général. Le Secrétaire Général.
Engraver: Emile Deloche
Designer: Clément Serveau
Reverse: Woman from Agen (Femme Agenaise) in the Lot-et-Garonne department in Aquitaine in south-western France. Flowers - Le contrefacteur sera puni des travaux forcés à perpétuité - BANQUE DE FRANCE - 5
Engraver: Georges Hourriez
Designer: Clément Serveau
Watermark: Effigy of Bernard Palissy (circa 1510-1589) in profile.
Signatures: P. Rousseau (Le Caissier Général), R. Favre-Gilly (Le Secrétaire Général).
Printing method: Intaglio.
First Date of Issue: 2 June 1943.
Date of Release: 23 August 1943.
Withdrawn from circulation: 29-31 January 1948.
References: P# 98a, Fay# 05/04 (Alphabet 73-96)