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<p>[QUOTE="krispy, post: 847543, member: 19065"]I recently saw one of these French échantillon notes posted in this <a href="http://www.cointalk.com/t97256/#post839149" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.com/t97256/#post839149">thread</a> and while searching for some other notes I came across a couple of them myself so I picked up one of each and have made scans to share along with photos of the notes back lit in order to see their watermarks. </p><p><br /></p><p>The two notes below are very similar, slightly different in size, but one has a square window for the watermark while the other has a more elaborate concave octagon shape surrounded by embellishments. The square-window note (10103) measures 85 mm x 160 mm and the octagonal-window note (10202) measures 90 x 170 mm. I'm not sure of the date of these test notes printing or too much else about their history, but I wanted to open a tread on them rather than hijack the original thread and see if any other interest or information could be raised. These are but two amongst many others in this category of notes, if anyone has others, please feel free to post pics and share info in regards to them.</p><p><br /></p><p>The security patterning in the notes below that fills the fields of the front and back sides are a dizzying layer of single multi-color lines, reminiscent of those <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spirograph" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spirograph" rel="nofollow">Spirograph</a> pen decorative drawing games I recall playing with as a kid.</p><p><br /></p><p>In the other thread, <b><a href="http://www.cointalk.com/members/dave-m/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.com/members/dave-m/">Dave M</a></b>* tells us that: </p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: Navy"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">*Dave M also has some wonderful information <b><a href="http://www.frenchbanknotes.com/articles/create.php" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.frenchbanknotes.com/articles/create.php" rel="nofollow">here</a> </b>regarding the creation of French Banknotes and mentions French échantillon notes as well. His web site is a brilliant presentation on French banknotes. Do spend some time checking things out there. :thumb:</span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"><b><i>There are plenty of scans and photo close ups below, Enjoy!</i></b></span> </p><p><br /></p><p><font size="4"><span style="color: DarkRed"><b>French échantillon (10103) obverse</b></span></font></p><p><img src="http://i776.photobucket.com/albums/yy46/kcttck/World%20Currency%20-%20France/FRANCE_ECHANTILLON_10202_Obv.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><b><font size="4"><span style="color: DarkRed">French échantillon (10103) Reverse</span></font></b></p><p><img src="http://i776.photobucket.com/albums/yy46/kcttck/World%20Currency%20-%20France/FRANCE_ECHANTILLON_10202_Rev.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><font size="4"><span style="color: DarkRed"><b><br /></b></span></font></p><p><font size="4"><span style="color: DarkRed"><b>French échantillon (10103) - Back lit to show watermark - Obverse</b></span></font></p><p><img src="http://i776.photobucket.com/albums/yy46/kcttck/World%20Currency%20-%20France/FRANCE_ECHANTILLON_10202_WaterMk_Ob.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><font size="4"><span style="color: DarkRed"><b>French échantillon (10103) - Back lit to show watermark - Reverse</b></span></font></p><p><img src="http://i776.photobucket.com/albums/yy46/kcttck/World%20Currency%20-%20France/FRANCE_ECHANTILLON_10202_WaterMk_Re.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><font size="4"><span style="color: DarkRed"><b>French échantillon (10202) - Obverse</b></span></font></p><p><img src="http://i776.photobucket.com/albums/yy46/kcttck/World%20Currency%20-%20France/FRANCE_ECHANTILLON_10103_Obv.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><b><font size="4"><span style="color: DarkRed">French échantillon (10202) - Reverse</span></font></b></p><p><img src="http://i776.photobucket.com/albums/yy46/kcttck/World%20Currency%20-%20France/FRANCE_ECHANTILLON_10202_Rev.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><font size="4"><span style="color: DarkRed"><b><br /></b></span></font></p><p><font size="4"><span style="color: DarkRed"><b>French échantillon (10202) - Back lit to show watermark - Obverse</b></span></font></p><p><img src="http://i776.photobucket.com/albums/yy46/kcttck/World%20Currency%20-%20France/FRANCE_ECHANTILLON_10103_WaterMk-12.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i776.photobucket.com/albums/yy46/kcttck/World%20Currency%20-%20France/FRANCE_ECHANTILLON_10103_WaterMk-10.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i776.photobucket.com/albums/yy46/kcttck/World%20Currency%20-%20France/FRANCE_ECHANTILLON_10103_WaterMk-8.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i776.photobucket.com/albums/yy46/kcttck/World%20Currency%20-%20France/FRANCE_ECHANTILLON_10103_WaterMk_Ob.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><font size="4"><span style="color: DarkRed"><b>French échantillon (10202) - Back lit to show watermark - Reverse</b></span></font></p><p><img src="http://i776.photobucket.com/albums/yy46/kcttck/World%20Currency%20-%20France/FRANCE_ECHANTILLON_10103_WaterMk-7.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i776.photobucket.com/albums/yy46/kcttck/World%20Currency%20-%20France/FRANCE_ECHANTILLON_10103_WaterMk-4.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i776.photobucket.com/albums/yy46/kcttck/World%20Currency%20-%20France/FRANCE_ECHANTILLON_10103_WaterMk-5.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i776.photobucket.com/albums/yy46/kcttck/World%20Currency%20-%20France/FRANCE_ECHANTILLON_10103_WaterMk-3.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><font size="4"><span style="color: DarkRed"><b>French échantillon (10202) - Under raking light to show the watermark's thickness (embossment-like) nature - Reverse</b></span></font></p><p><img src="http://i776.photobucket.com/albums/yy46/kcttck/World%20Currency%20-%20France/FRANCE_ECHANTILLON_10103_WaterMk-2.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i776.photobucket.com/albums/yy46/kcttck/World%20Currency%20-%20France/FRANCE_ECHANTILLON_10103_WaterMk-1.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i776.photobucket.com/albums/yy46/kcttck/World%20Currency%20-%20France/FRANCE_ECHANTILLON_10103_WaterMk_Re.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="krispy, post: 847543, member: 19065"]I recently saw one of these French échantillon notes posted in this [URL="http://www.cointalk.com/t97256/#post839149"]thread[/URL] and while searching for some other notes I came across a couple of them myself so I picked up one of each and have made scans to share along with photos of the notes back lit in order to see their watermarks. The two notes below are very similar, slightly different in size, but one has a square window for the watermark while the other has a more elaborate concave octagon shape surrounded by embellishments. The square-window note (10103) measures 85 mm x 160 mm and the octagonal-window note (10202) measures 90 x 170 mm. I'm not sure of the date of these test notes printing or too much else about their history, but I wanted to open a tread on them rather than hijack the original thread and see if any other interest or information could be raised. These are but two amongst many others in this category of notes, if anyone has others, please feel free to post pics and share info in regards to them. The security patterning in the notes below that fills the fields of the front and back sides are a dizzying layer of single multi-color lines, reminiscent of those [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spirograph"]Spirograph[/URL] pen decorative drawing games I recall playing with as a kid. In the other thread, [B][URL="http://www.cointalk.com/members/dave-m/"]Dave M[/URL][/B]* tells us that: [COLOR=Navy] *Dave M also has some wonderful information [B][URL="http://www.frenchbanknotes.com/articles/create.php"]here[/URL] [/B]regarding the creation of French Banknotes and mentions French échantillon notes as well. His web site is a brilliant presentation on French banknotes. Do spend some time checking things out there. :thumb: [B][I]There are plenty of scans and photo close ups below, Enjoy![/I][/B][/COLOR] [SIZE=4][COLOR=DarkRed][B]French échantillon (10103) obverse[/B][/COLOR][/SIZE] [IMG]http://i776.photobucket.com/albums/yy46/kcttck/World%20Currency%20-%20France/FRANCE_ECHANTILLON_10202_Obv.jpg[/IMG] [B][SIZE=4][COLOR=DarkRed]French échantillon (10103) Reverse[/COLOR][/SIZE][/B] [IMG]http://i776.photobucket.com/albums/yy46/kcttck/World%20Currency%20-%20France/FRANCE_ECHANTILLON_10202_Rev.jpg[/IMG] [SIZE=4][COLOR=DarkRed][B] French échantillon (10103) - Back lit to show watermark - Obverse[/B][/COLOR][/SIZE] [IMG]http://i776.photobucket.com/albums/yy46/kcttck/World%20Currency%20-%20France/FRANCE_ECHANTILLON_10202_WaterMk_Ob.jpg[/IMG] [SIZE=4][COLOR=DarkRed][B]French échantillon (10103) - Back lit to show watermark - Reverse[/B][/COLOR][/SIZE] [IMG]http://i776.photobucket.com/albums/yy46/kcttck/World%20Currency%20-%20France/FRANCE_ECHANTILLON_10202_WaterMk_Re.jpg[/IMG] [SIZE=4][COLOR=DarkRed][B]French échantillon (10202) - Obverse[/B][/COLOR][/SIZE] [IMG]http://i776.photobucket.com/albums/yy46/kcttck/World%20Currency%20-%20France/FRANCE_ECHANTILLON_10103_Obv.jpg[/IMG] [B][SIZE=4][COLOR=DarkRed]French échantillon (10202) - Reverse[/COLOR][/SIZE][/B] [IMG]http://i776.photobucket.com/albums/yy46/kcttck/World%20Currency%20-%20France/FRANCE_ECHANTILLON_10202_Rev.jpg[/IMG] [SIZE=4][COLOR=DarkRed][B] French échantillon (10202) - Back lit to show watermark - Obverse[/B][/COLOR][/SIZE] [IMG]http://i776.photobucket.com/albums/yy46/kcttck/World%20Currency%20-%20France/FRANCE_ECHANTILLON_10103_WaterMk-12.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i776.photobucket.com/albums/yy46/kcttck/World%20Currency%20-%20France/FRANCE_ECHANTILLON_10103_WaterMk-10.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i776.photobucket.com/albums/yy46/kcttck/World%20Currency%20-%20France/FRANCE_ECHANTILLON_10103_WaterMk-8.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i776.photobucket.com/albums/yy46/kcttck/World%20Currency%20-%20France/FRANCE_ECHANTILLON_10103_WaterMk_Ob.jpg[/IMG] [SIZE=4][COLOR=DarkRed][B]French échantillon (10202) - Back lit to show watermark - Reverse[/B][/COLOR][/SIZE] [IMG]http://i776.photobucket.com/albums/yy46/kcttck/World%20Currency%20-%20France/FRANCE_ECHANTILLON_10103_WaterMk-7.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i776.photobucket.com/albums/yy46/kcttck/World%20Currency%20-%20France/FRANCE_ECHANTILLON_10103_WaterMk-4.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i776.photobucket.com/albums/yy46/kcttck/World%20Currency%20-%20France/FRANCE_ECHANTILLON_10103_WaterMk-5.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i776.photobucket.com/albums/yy46/kcttck/World%20Currency%20-%20France/FRANCE_ECHANTILLON_10103_WaterMk-3.jpg[/IMG] [SIZE=4][COLOR=DarkRed][B]French échantillon (10202) - Under raking light to show the watermark's thickness (embossment-like) nature - Reverse[/B][/COLOR][/SIZE] [IMG]http://i776.photobucket.com/albums/yy46/kcttck/World%20Currency%20-%20France/FRANCE_ECHANTILLON_10103_WaterMk-2.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i776.photobucket.com/albums/yy46/kcttck/World%20Currency%20-%20France/FRANCE_ECHANTILLON_10103_WaterMk-1.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i776.photobucket.com/albums/yy46/kcttck/World%20Currency%20-%20France/FRANCE_ECHANTILLON_10103_WaterMk_Re.jpg[/IMG][/QUOTE]
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