France money banknotes 50 French Francs Quentin de La Tour banknote. French banknotes paper money notes collection.
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French Franc was the official currency of France until the adoption of the euro in 2002.
Euro exchange rate: 50 French Francs are the equivalent of 7 euros 62 euro cents (fixed rate of 6.55957 francs for 1 euro).
Obverse: Portrait of Maurice Quentin de La Tour, French Rococo portraitist. In the background - View of Palace of Versailles with several fountains that adorn the large basins.
Reverse: Same portrait of Quentin de La Tour. In the background - facade of the Saint Quentin City Hall (city of Saint-Quentin, Picardy on northern France), his hometown.
Watermark: Face of Maurice Quentin de la Tour from another self-portrait.
The dimensions are 150 mm x 80 mm.
The dominant colors are brown and blue-gray.
Printed by Banque de France from 1976 to 1992.
The banknote was designed by Bernard Taurelle, after a work by Lucien Fontanarosa which was inspired by pastel portrait of Maurice Quentin de La Tour, exhibited at Musée Antoine Lécuyer, engraved by Henri Renaud and Jacques Combet.
The 50 French francs Quentin de La Tour created by the Banque de France 15 June 1976 and issued on 4 April 1977. This bill replaces the 50 francs Racine and was replaced by the 50 francs Saint-Exupéry .
This note printed polychrome intaglio belongs to the second major series of "famous scientists and artists" commissioned by the Banque de France and which include Berlioz, Debussy, Delacroix, Montesquieu and Pascal.
The 50 francs Quentin de La Tour series, ceased to be legal tender from 30 November 2005: after this date 50 francs Quentin de La Tour can no longer be exchanged against the euro.