CGB Paper Money Live Auction - January 2018: 18th, 19th and Banque de France

| 14/12/2017

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450 lots are on offer at the CGB Numismatique Paris Live Auction – 2 January 2018, from French assignats, Banque de France and Trésor banknotes to emergency issuances and numerous world banknotes. Let's have a look today to the 18^th, 19^th centuries and Banque de France banknotes.

The sale starts with a nice set of issuances from the 18^th and 19^th centuries, including a rare French billet de Monoye (lot 4180001) and a few unusual assignats (lots 4180003 and 4180011).

Lot 4180001
50 Livres 1710 Laf.14.
5 000 € / 10 000 €

Lot 4180003
Assignat 500 Livres 1790 Ass.10a.
250 € / 500 €

Lot 4180011
Assignat 50 Livres 1794 Laf.278.
180 € / 350 €

The Banque de France banknote section is one of the prominent parts of this Live Auction and is made up of 185 lots, thus illustrating most existing types. Two exceptional banknotes are on offer, a Colbert 500-Francs Specimen (lot 4180083) and a Renaissance 500-Francs Specimen (lot 4180188).

Lot 4180083
Specimen-Proof 500 Francs Colbert 1943. Without watermark. Date OO.00-0-0000.OO.
16 000 € / 22 000 €

Lot 4180188
Proof 500 Francs Renaissance 1987 F.71E.02a.
6 000 € / 12 000 €

Lot 4180174
Proof 50 Francs Quentin De La Tour 1987 F.67.00e1.
2 000 € / 3 500 €

You will also be pleased to find a very fine Flameng 5000-Francs banknote of a quality that has become rare (lot 4180109). The freshness of the Noir 20-Francs banknote issued on July 7^th, 1874 (lot 4180036) should also attract your attention.

Lot 4180109
5000 Francs Flameng 1918 F.43.01
7 500 € / 11 000 €

Lot 4180036
20 Francs Noir 1874 F.09.01.
2 500 € / 4 200 €

Collectors of proof and specimens banknotes will be happy to find more than 20 banknotes, among which a Luc Olivier Merson 50-Francs proof banknote (lot 4180052) and a Terre et Mer 5000-Francs specimen banknote (lot 41800118).