A rare pick up...

I found this note waiting for me when I got home this evening. It's the Molière note that was released during France's transition from Old Francs to New Francs. Molière was a French playwright, and is shown here in a theater with wonderful color and details.

The note is quite rare in this condition, and doesn't even exist in the only French inventory I'm aware of. I'm not quite sure why that is, because it isn't *that* rare, but in this condition I can't think I've seen another. I've contacted the inventory to see what's up.





This note was drawn by an artist named Le Feuvre, and engraved by Jules Piel.

Dave

 

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That's beautiful! I haven't seen that one at all. Nice pick up!

 

Those French notes are just art!

And is that Molière the person from the movie Amadeus?

 

Boy, Duke, I don't know. Moliere lived about a hundred years before Mozart, but I suspect that there might have been plenty of opportunity for Mozart to do the music for a Moliere opera or something.

Dave

 

If he lived 100 years before then it was not the same guy.

They lived at the same time and the guy I'm talking about composed music too.
I think it's Saliere not Moliere now that I think about it.

 

That was Antonio Solierie (sp) an italian musician.

 

Thanks for sharing Dave! Beautiful note!

 

What can i say but gorgeous!!

 

Dave:
:bigeyes: What a beautiful example. The French Notes are much like paintings and portray stunning beauty and color. Congrats on a superb addition to your collection. :thumb:

RB

 

Great note, and it sounds like the true epitome of rarity. Do you think it may be the only note in existance in that condition? The French notes are such interesting studies.

 

Thanks much for the comments, guys!

No, it's not that rare. The issue with not being in the inventory/census is more likely that they just aren't doing a census from a certain date forward (this is from 1965, not really very old) than of this one being the only reported. I suspect if they were doing an inventory, a good bunch would show up, but this one being UNC is quite rare.

By the way, there is a footnote in the catalog for this note, that Banque de France stapled ("we don't need no stinkin' straps!") them all together in packs for delivery. So every note produced has at least that set of staple holes. The ones on my note have been very well repaired, virtually un-noticeable.

Dave

 

Beautiful French note,truly art in and of itself .
Congrats,Dave