French banknotes
I'm a big fan of French banknote art. Those colourful bills of the past had some class. They extended their unique design guidelines to overseas territories, as well.
Those colourful bills of the past had some class
Yes they did, and made a "crisp" sound too...
Mainland France banknotes that were in circulation in the eighties feature composers Berlioz and Debussy.
25th March will be an anniversary — 100 years from the death of Debussy
They were great ;-)
A common French expression was to call the 500 FF note a "Pascal" it featured Blaise Pascal at Saint Jacques La Boucherie Clermond Ferrand or at the Abbaye de Port Royale :
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billet_de_500_francs_Pascal
There's a good picture (of Pascal) here on 'French Banknotes'.
This old fiver (the last ever issued, 8-1-1970) makes me think of pasteurized milk.
Since President Trump is Americas favorite President, maybe he might have a 50 dollar printed on his name. I wonder how will it looks