Banque de France

1. 10 Francs. 1968.

Front: François-Marie Arouet de Voltaire (21st November, 1694 – 30th May, 1778) - French writer and
philosopher - engraving by Dominique Vivant, baron de Denon; Palais des Tuileries in Paris engraved after the
painting by Francis Raguenet as Voltaire could see from his apartment where he died; Back: François Voltaire
wearing a wig and writing with a quill pen; Château de Cirey at the commune Cirey-sur-Blaise in
Haute-Marne (Champagne) near the border with independent duchy of Lorraine - area of the Marquise du Châtelet,
where the Voltaire lived from 1733 to 1740; Work by: Le Feuvre; Engraved by: Robert Armanelli (obverse),
Jules Piel (intaglio) and Poillot (reverse); Watermark: Portrait of François Voltaire.

10 Francs. 1974.

Front: Louis Hector Berlioz (December 11, 1803 – March 8, 1869) - French Romantic composer, conducting an
orchestra in the Chapelle des Invalides in Paris; Back: Hector Berlioz playing a guitar offered by Paganini in front of
Villa Medici in Rome; In the background, the Mausoleum of Hadrian, usually known as the Château Saint-Ange
(Castel Sant'Angelo) in Rome and the Basilique Saint-Pierre (San Pietro; Sancti Petri) in Vatican; Work by: Lucien
Joseph Fontanarosa; Engraved by: Jacques Jubert & Renaud; Watermark: Profile portrait of Hector Berlioz.

2. 20 Francs. 1997.

Front: Portrait of the French impressionist composer Claude Debussy (22nd August 1862 – 25th March 1918);Tribute to the work of the composer - an illustration for an orchestral composition "La Mer" (The Sea) - three
symphonic sketches for orchestra - Debussy's portrait in front of a painting of Marcel Baschet of a turbulent sea.
Back: Portrait of Claude Debussy in front of a fountain decor of a scene-painters Lucien Jusseaume and Eugène
Ronsin designed in 1902 for "Pelléas et Mélisande" (Pelléas and Mélisande) opera, a major work of the composer.
Watermark: Portrait of Claude Debussy. Work by: Taurelle. Engravers: Jubert (front), Herouard (back).Signatures: D. Bruneel, J. Bonnardin, Y. Barroux. Printer: Banque de France.

3. 50 Francs. 1989.

Front: Maurice Quentin de la Tour (5th September 1704 – 17th February 1788); Château de Versailles
(Palace of Versailles) near Paris. Back: Maurice Quentin de la Tour; Saint Quentin City Hall - city where he was
born. Watermark: Face of Maurice Quentin de la Tour. Work by: Lucien Joseph Fontanarosa; Renaud.
Engraved by: Jacques Jubert; Jacques Combet (intaglio). Signatures: P. A. Strohl, G. Bouchet, J. J. Tronche.
Printer: Banque de France.

4. 100 Francs. 1989.

Front: Self-portrait (1837) by Ferdinand Victor Eugène Delacroix, French Romantic painter born in Saint Maurice,
Val-de-Marne in 1798, died in Paris in 1863; "La Liberté Guidant le Peuple" (Liberty Leading the People) by Delacroix,
1830, Louvre; Paintbrushes. Back: Eugène Delacroix holding a quill pen writing his diary; Place Furstenberg, where
Delacroix lived and had his art studio. Watermark: Portrait of Eugène Delacroix. Signatories: P. A. Strohl,
G. Bouchet, J. J. Tronche, B. Dentaud, D. Ferman, A. Charriau, D. Bruneel, J. Bonnardin, C. Vigier.
Printer: Banque de France.

5. 100 Francs. 1971.

Front: Bust of Pierre Corneille (6th of June 1606 – 1st of October 1684) - French tragedian and dramatist - after a
drawing by Lebrun, that the project was presented in 1685 by Monsard & Vigazoni and for the development of theater
Chateau de Versailles; Palace of Versailles, Royal Opera of Versailles in Château de Versailles, Versailles, Yvelines,
Île-de-France; Flowers and trophies of arms (trophées d'armes); Back: Bust of Pierre Corneille in cartouche; Rouen
city views including a courthouse (Le Palais de Justice) and Corneille's childhood home; Work by: Le Feuvre;
Georges Beltrand (reverse); Engraved by: Poillot; Intaglio by: Jules Piel; Watermark: Portraits of a Roman
laureate man and a helmeted warrior.