Whitman Expo
Vertical SPECIMEN perf; all-zero s/n 1,000 francs (withdrawn 04.06.1945)
Details
Obverse: French text; Ionic column; shepherd and goats grazing in Provence landscape; seated allegorical woman (Demeter, goddess of Fertility and Agriculture) with allegorical child (Hercules) knees; Ionic column
Reverse: French text; frieze depicting six of Hercules’ labors (doe of Cerynia, lion of Nemea, Hydra of Lerna, bull of Crete’s king, dog Cerberus, and Erymanthian boar); Dejanira and Hercules supporting the world; Mercury (Trade) sitting on rock, holding caduceus; ships and boats in harbor; Rouen cathedral; Hercules holding mace with defeated Cerberus at his feet, offering apples to Minerva; penal code
