£54.00
Description
| Issued by | Banque de France |
| Issue | 1945-1957 Issue. 12.06.1947 |
| Withdrawn | 01.01.1963 |
| Size | 120 x 78 mm |
| Printer | Banque de France (France) – BF |
| Watermark | Neptune in profile |
| Signatures | Rousseau; Gargam |
| Obverse | French mathematician and astronomer Urbain-Jean-Joseph Le Verrier (1911-1877) holding a calliper; Paris Observatory |
| Reverse | Neptune – Roman God of the Sea, with two dolphins; Neptune, the eighth planet from the Sun, discovered on 23rd of September 1846 – Capricorn and Aquarius symbolizes the discovery of Neptune; Six-pointed stars (hexagrams); Two red curves indicate the plane of the ecliptic and celestial equator |
| Comment | Common name among French collectors: “Le Verrier” |
