France 1997 - 20 Francs ‘Debussy’ - No X.052 015324 - Near UNC

Issuing bank: Bank of France

Period: Fifth Republic (1958-date)

Years: 1995-1997

Currency: New franc (1960-2001)

Size: 75 × 140 mm

Obverse: French musician Claude Debussy (1862 -1918) from the portrait painted by Marcel Baschet at the Villa Medici in Rome in 1884 and kept at the Musée d'Orsay. In the background, decor on the theme of "the Sea", work of the musician

Lettering: Banque de France - Vingt Francs - Claude Debussy - 20

Engraver: Jacques Jubert

Designer: Bernard Taurelle

Reverse: Portrait of Debussy with the identical inverted front, against the backdrop of the stage for the fountain of the blind by Pelléas et Mélisande, musical drama

Lettering: Banque de France - 20 - LA CONTREFAÇON OU LA FALSIFICATION DES BILLETS DE BANQUE ET LA MISE EN CIRCULATION DES BILLETS CONTREFAITS OU FALSIFIÉS SONT PUNIS PAR LES ARTICLES 442-1 et 442-2 DU CODE PÉNAL DE PEINES ALLANT JUSQU'À TRENTE ANS DE RÉCLUSION CRIMINELLE ET TROIS MILLIONS DE FRANCS D'AMENDE.

Translation: Bank of France - 20 - Counterfeiting or falsification of banknotes and the release of counterfeit and falsified notes are punishable by articles 442-1 and 442-2 or the penal code of sentences of up to 30 years of criminal reclusion and a 3 million franc fine.

Engraver: Jacques Herouard

Designer: Bernard Taurelle

Comments: Type 1980 modified 1990 adapted 1995

Two combinations of signatures:

1) Didier Bruneel - Jean Bonnardin - Claude Vigier (1995)

2) Didier Bruneel - Jean Bonnardin - Yves Barroux (1997)

References: P# 151i, Fay# 66ter/02 (Alphabet 050-062)