French banknotes

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loldier
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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.

loldier
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This banknote issued by BCEAO is a beauty.

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Mangy Dog

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Those colourful bills of the past had some class
Yes they did, and made a "crisp" sound too...

loldier
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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

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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

loldier
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There's a good picture (of Pascal) here on 'French Banknotes'.

http://www.frenchbanknotes.com/detail.php?id=384

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This old fiver (the last ever issued, 8-1-1970) makes me think of pasteurized milk.

https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billet_de_5_francs_Pasteur

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Since President Trump is Americas favorite President, maybe he might have a 50 dollar printed on his name. I wonder how will it looks

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>I wonder how will it looks*

*look

Probably like this ->

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SuperTramp83

Awesome 50 dollar bill!
had me laughing so hard, that i almost pee on my self....
Awesome!
lol

I was wondering what calmstorm and mangy will have to said about it