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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Notaphylic_C, post: 8409252, member: 130786&quot;]Interesting thread.&nbsp; It&#039;s very unfortunate to hear that he was &quot;in&nbsp; trouble with the United States Secret Service&quot; &amp; his place was raided so often (which probably had a terrible affect on his health).</p><p><br /></p><p>This<a href="http://www.banknote.ws/COLLECTION/countries/EUR/FRA/FRA0154.htm#154f" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.banknote.ws/COLLECTION/countries/EUR/FRA/FRA0154.htm#154f" rel="nofollow"> France 100 Francs</a> (a 1978 P-153 that was revised immediately after its release to become<b> P-154</b>a-h) &amp; his model note would have been the 1988 version of P-154d. Cool to see his signature on his art piece.[ATTACH=full]1491653[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1491654[/ATTACH] It is also one of my favourite designs so I had to have one &amp; I&#039;m submitting it to PMG.&nbsp; The paper is very thin &amp; I&#039;m hoping mine will get a decent UNC grade.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s also <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eug%C3%A8ne_Delacroix" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eug%C3%A8ne_Delacroix" rel="nofollow">a link on <b>Eugene Delacroix</b></a>, the French Romantic artist portrayed on the note &amp; in Bogg&#039;s reproduction.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;He was a curious mixture of skepticism, politeness, dandyism, willpower, cleverness, despotism, and finally, a kind of special goodness and tenderness that always accompanies genius.&quot;[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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