Charles Walhain - Cérès et Mercure

Charles Albert Walhain

Charles Albert Walhain (French, 1877-1936) received the gold medal for French Artists in 1936.

Biography

Walhain is probably best known for his artwork for the 1927 Cérès et Mercure issue from Banque de France. This note was produced hurriedly to replace the 1000F Rose et Bleu banknote of 1889, which needed to be removed from circulation due to forgery. Theis banknote was not particularly beautiful, compared to most other French notes of the era, and the back even looks a bit incomplete. But it does signify the beginning of a new trend in French banknotes. It blends the allegorical characters seen on previous banknotes with actual historical figures (Ampere and Pasteur in this case) and working trades, a theme which would continue in France's banknotes.

B108d face
B108d face
Côte Française des Somalis
B108d (
  • KM608d
  • P-6b
) 5 Francs Marianne de Walhain
Blue, Red on Yellow.
  • Imprimerie: BdF
  • ND (1927)
  • Sig 7

  • Filigrane: Profil de la tête de l'homme

B117a face
B117a face
Côte Française des Somalis
B117a (
  • KM624
  • P-11
) 5 Francs Marianne de Walhain, with Free France overprint
Blue, Red on Yellow.
  • Imprimerie: BdF
  • 1/1/1943
  • Sig 7
  • Series 63-74

  • Filigrane: Profil de la tête de l'homme

Inde Française
KM308 1 Roupie Marianne de Walhain
Orange, Blue.
  • Imprimerie: BdF
  • 1923-1945

B135b face
B135b face
Indochine Française
B135b (
  • KM141b
  • P-48b
) 1 Piastre Marianne de Walhain
Brown, Blue on Tan.
  • Imprimerie: BdF
  • ND (1927-31)
  • 149 x 93mm
  • Sig 5

  • Filigrane: Profil de la tête de l'homme

B205a face
B205a face
Maroc
B205a (
  • MK505
  • P-23Aa
) 5 Francs
  • 1/8/1922
  • with «Payables a vue...» text

  • Filigrane: Lion
B313d face
B313d face
Nouvelle Calédonie
B313d (
  • KM412d
  • P-36b
) 5 Francs Marianne de Walhain
Mauve, Brown on Lt. Green.
  • Imprimerie: BdF
  • ND (1926)
  • 149 x 93mm
  • Sig 7

  • Filigrane: Profil de la tête de l'homme

(R)
(V)
B201b face
B201b face
Nouvelles Hébrides
B201b (
  • KM701b
  • P-4b
) 5 Francs Marianne de Walhain, with Free France overprint
Mauve, Brown on Lt. Green.
  • Imprimerie: BdF
  • ND (1927-31)
  • Sig 7

  • Filigrane: Profil de la tête de l'homme

B307d face
B307d face
Tahiti
B307d (
  • KM509d
  • P-11c
) 5 Francs Marianne de Walhain
Orange, Rose on Lavender.
  • Imprimerie: BdF
  • ND (1927)
  • Sig 7

  • Filigrane: Profil de la tête de l'homme

B952d face
B952d face
France
B952d (
  • F.3.12
  • P-72d
) 5 Francs Violet
Rose, Purple. Allegory of France; Dock worker carrying a sack up a ladder
  • Imprimerie: BdF
  • 8/5/1928
  • 125 x 80mm
  • Sig 3

  • Filigrane: Soldat de la Marseillaise de Rude

B952f face
B952f face
France
B952f (
  • F.4.15
  • P-83
) 5 Francs Violet
Rose, Purple. Allegory of France; Dock worker carrying a sack up a ladder
  • Imprimerie: BdF
  • 28/11/1940
  • 125 x 80mm
  • Sig 4

  • Filigrane: Soldat de la Marseillaise de Rude

B958f face
B958f face
France
B958f (
  • F.38.46
  • P-90c
) 1000 Francs Cérès et Mercure
  • Imprimerie: BdF
  • 18/4/1940
  • 235 x 130mm
  • Sig 12

  • Filigrane: Profiles of Ceres and Mercury

B958f face
B958f face
France
B958f (
  • F.38.46
  • P-90c
) 1000 Francs Cérès et Mercure
Allegory of Banque de France; François Arago, and Louis Pasteur
  • Imprimerie: BdF
  • 18/4/1940
  • 235 x 130mm
  • Sig 12

  • Filigrane: Profiles of Ceres and Mercury

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