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FRANCE banknotes - French paper money catalog and history

A brief monetary history:
- Livre
- Franc = (Livre), 1974-1803
- Franc = 100 Centimes, from 1803
- Franc = (100 old Franc) = 100 Centimes, 1960-2002
- Euro = (6.56 Francs) = 100 Cents, from 2002

For later issues see:
- European Union, from 2002

French Overseas Terrytories banknotes:
- French Antilles (Guadeloupe, Guyane, Martinique)
  - Guadeloupe
  - Martinique
- French Guiana
- French Pacific Territories
- Reunion
- Saint Pierre and Miquelon

Former French colonies banknotes:

Pick #	Date
		Kingdom
A34-A41	1790	50, 60, 70, 80, 90, 100, 500, 2.000 livres
A42-A48	1791	5, 50, 60, 100, 200, 300, 500 livres
A49-A52	1791	5, 5, 10, 25 livres
A53-A59	1792.1-4	10, 15, 25, 50 sols, 5, 50, 200 livres
A60-A63	1792.6-8	5, 5, 50, 200 livres
A64-A67	1792.10	10, 15 sols, 10, 25 livres
A68-A71	1793	10, 15, 50 sols, 25 livres
		Republic
A72-A73	1792	50, 400 livres
A74-A76	(1793)	5, 125, 250 livres
A77	(1794)	500 livres
A78-A82	(1795)	100, 750, 1.000, 2.000, 10.000 francs
A83-A86	(1796)	25, 100, 250, 500 francs
A87	(1796)	5 francs
		Third Republic
60-71	1871-1937	5, 20, 50, 100, 500, 1.000 francs
72-80	1916-1937	5, 10, 20, 50, 100, 500, 1.000, 5.000 francs
81-91	1937-40	5, 10, 50, 100, 300, 500, 1.000, 5.000 francs
92-97	1937-40	20, 50, 100, 500, 1.000, 5.000 francs
98-103	1941-50	5, 10, 20, 100, 1.000, 5.000 francs
		Allied and French war issues
105-7	1943	100, 500, 1.000 francs; Allied Corsica issue
111-3	(1945)	500, 1.000, 5.000 francs; Algeria provisional issue
114-21	1944	2, 5, 10, 50, 100, 500, 1.000, 5.000 francs; Allied Military Currency
122-6	1944	50, 100, 500, 1.000, 5.000 francs; Provisioanl French
		designs after World War 2
127-32	1945-57	50, 100, 500, 1.000, 5.000, 10.000 francs
133-5	1953-7	500, 1.000, 5.000, 10.000 francs
137-40	1958	5, 10, 50, 100 new francs; overprint
141-5	1959-66	5, 10, 50, 100, 500 new francs
146-9	1962-79	5, 10, 50, 100 francs
150-6	1968-97	10, 20, 50, 100, 200, 500 francs
157-160	1992-	50, 100, 200, 500 francs

Pick # Date

Occupation of Germany: Franco-Belgian Railways

R1-R10 (1923) 0.05, 0.10, 0.25, 0.50, 1, 5, 10, 20, 50, 100 francs

Millitary WW1

M1-M5 (1917) 50 centimes, 1, 2 francs

Millitary WW2; for occupied Germany and Austria

M6-M13 (1947) 5, 10, 50, 100, 1.000 francs

M11-M13 (1955) 100, 1.000, 5.000 francs

M14-M15 (1947) 5, 10, 50 new francs

Millitary; Suez War 1956

M16-M18 (1956) 50, 100, 1.000 francs

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Pick #	Date
		Occupation of Germany: Franco-Belgian Railways
R1-R10	(1923)	0.05, 0.10, 0.25, 0.50, 1, 5, 10, 20, 50, 100 francs
		Millitary WW1
M1-M5	(1917)	50 centimes, 1, 2 francs
		Millitary WW2; for occupied Germany and Austria
M6-M13	(1947)	5, 10, 50, 100, 1.000 francs
M11-M13	(1955)	100, 1.000, 5.000 francs
M14-M15	(1947)	5, 10, 50 new francs
		Millitary; Suez War 1956
M16-M18	(1956)	50, 100, 1.000 francs