France 20 Francs – Debussy type 1980 RARE NOTE

Obverse

The French musician Claude Debussy (1862 -1918) after the portrait painted by Marcel Baschet at the Villa Medici in Rome in 1884 and kept at the Musée d’Orsay. In the background, decoration on the theme of “the Sea”, work of the musician

Script: Latin

Lettering:
Banque de France
Vingt Francs
Claude Debussy
20

Translation:
Bank of France
Twenty Francs
Claude Debussy
20

Engraver: Jacques Jubert

Designer: Bernard Taurelle

Reverse

Portrait of Debussy in the reverse of the front, in the background scene of the fountain of the blind in Pelléas et Mélisande, musical drama

Script: Latin

Lettering:
Banque de France
20
L’ARTICLE 139 DU CODE PÉNAL PUNIT DE LA RÉCLUSION CRIMINELLE A PERPETUITE CEUX QUI AURONT CONTREFAIT OU FALSIFIE LES BILLETS DE BANQUE AUTORISÉS PAR LA LOI, AINSI QUE CEUX QUI AURONT FAIT USAGE DE CES BILLETS CONTREFAITS OU FALSIFIES. CEUX QUI LES AURONT INTRODUITS EN FRANCE SERONT PUNIS DE LA MÊME PEINE.

Translation:
Bank of France
50
Article 139 of the Penal Code punishes with life imprisonment those who counterfeit of falsify banknotes authorized by the law, also those who pass counterfeit or falsified notes. Those who introduce them into France will receive the same punishment.

Engraver: Jacques Hérouard

Designer: Bernard Taurelle