Banknote, 1 franc, printed with a blue border with a figure on each side. [MJD 13/01/2010]

Collection type: Object
Description: Banknote, 1 franc, printed with a blue border with a figure on each side. [MJD 13/01/2010]
Long description: Banknote, 1 franc, printed with a blue border with a figure on each side. Issued by the Chamber de Commerce de Marseille. Reverse printed with a blue border and text in French. [MJD 13/01/2010]
Geographical reference: France
Europe > Western Europe > France; Marseille
Cultural groups: French
Person: Field collector Henry Balfour; PRM source Henry Balfour
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1914
Date collected: By 1914
Acquisition information: Donated: 1914
Materials and processes: Material Paper Plant, Material Ink, Process Printed
Dimensions: Width: max 61 mm, Length: max 98 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1914.38.15
Research and responses: Henry Balfour was in Marseilles on Monday the 26th October 1914 on the return journey from his trip to Australia for the British Association for the Advancement of Science meeting. It seems very likely that he collected this object then. [CRFW 27/1/2003]

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