£31.00
Description
| Issued by | Banque de France |
| Issue | 1968-1997 Issue |
| Demonetized | 17.02.2012 |
| Size | 140 x 75 mm |
| Printer | Banque de France (France) – BF |
| Watermark | Claude Debussy |
| Signatures | Jean-Jacques Tronche (Comptroller General) – Bernard Dentaud (Chief Cashier) – Pierre Strohl (General Secretary) |
| Obverse | Portrait of the French impressionist composer Claude Debussy (22nd August 1862 – 25th March 1918); Tribute to the work of the composer – an illustration for an orchestral composition “La Mer” (The Sea) – three symphonic sketches for orchestra – Debussy’s portrait in front of a painting of Marcel Baschet of a turbulent sea. |
| Reverse | Portrait of Claude Debussy in front of a fountain decor of a scene-painters Lucien Jusseaume and Eugène Ronsin designed in 1902 for “Pelléas et Mélisande” (Pelléas and Mélisande) opera, a major work of the composer. |
