Francs Collection

Robbery in Paris Home
An audacious robbery: gold and jewellery worth 110, 000 francs are stolen from a Paris home. The robbers get in through a hole in the ceiling!

Vingt-Cinq Francs? Tu Te Crois Donne Toujours Depute!
A coloured sketch showing a seated woman bartering with a standing gentleman. Date: circa 1901

Speaking To A Crowd
This sketch shows a man speaking to a crowd of people of various descriptions, asking to be lent a note of 100 Francs. Date: circa 1901

Music cover, Joyeuse Entree, march for piano by Alidor Thiry, celebrating the triumphant entry of King Albert of Belgium into Brussels, 23 December 1909 Date: 1909

IMMORTALITY FOR SALE
Immortality - at 20 francs the square centimetre ! Date: 1904

French bank note, 50 Francs
French bank note, Banque de France, 50 Francs, issued on 19 May 1949. With a portrait of the French mathematician and astronomer Urbain Jean Joseph Le Verrier (1811-1877) on the front

Vehmgericht / Secret Soc
Members of the Vehmgericht, or Judges of the Secret Court, of Westphalia, who have just hanged one of their victims from a tree Date: 16th century?

Poster, Holidays in Greece, Bamboo Village, Vouliagmeni, Athens, departures from Marseilles every week. 20th century

Assembl饠des Francs-Masons pour la R飥ption des
Assembl饠 des Francs-Masons pour la R飥 ption des Apprentifs. Entr饠 du r飩 piendaire dans la loge. Assembly of Freemasons. Receiving apprentices

Swiss postcard explaining the currency, with equivalent values for other countries. circa 1905

France - Strike of the Western (State) railwaymen - soldiers occupying the Gare Saint-Lazare in improvised conditions. The significance of the five franc coin appears to be the amount requested by

One Belgian Franc note
Back of a belgian banknote on 1 Franc edited i9/10 1920 Date: 1920

One hundred Estonian Francs
Front of an estonian banknote on 100 Franc Marka edited 1923. Date: 1923

French National Loan
Long queues form when the French government announces an Emprunt (loan) of 429 million francs

Visiting the Chateau Ad
An advertisement offering a visit to a chateau for the price of six francs

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