₣200 — Two Hundred Francs
The artwork
Front: Gustave Eiffel (1832–1923), named beneath the portrait, set against the lattice ironwork of his tower — the great curved base arch and the radiating web of girders sweep across the lower half in violet, red and blue, drawn as much from engineering drawing as from a view. 'Banque de France' runs along the top; the denomination stands in outline at the right, with '200 Deux Cents Francs' repeated below in red.
Back: The Eiffel Tower again, this time the structure itself rather than the man: the ironwork seen against the sky, the Champ de Mars beneath, and the same palette of reds, violets and blues carried over from the face. The denomination appears large in outline, with the Banque de France name and the serial number repeated. The whole series was built on this kind of ironwork geometry.
In circulation
Issued from 1996 as part of the last generation of French banknotes, alongside the 50 F Saint-Exupéry, 100 F Cézanne and 500 F Curie. It circulated until the franc gave way to euro notes and coins on 1 January 2002; francs ceased to be legal tender on 17 February 2002, with exchange at the Banque de France for ten years after.
Details
- CurrencyFranc (₣)
- DenominationTwo Hundred Francs
- Collectedon the France journeys, 1991–2019
- IssuerBanque de France
- Series200 Francs Gustave Eiffel, issued from 1996
- PrinterBanque de France
- WatermarkGustave Eiffel
- Dimensions143 × 80 mm