50 FRANCS DE LA TOUR (SERIES 1968-1997)

  50 Francs de la Tour (1976-1992)

The 100 Francs bill was designed in 1978 and released into circulation in 1979. It was to replaced the 100 Francs Corneille. As with the 500 Francs Pascal, 50 Francs De La Tour and 10 Francs Berlioz, it was designed by the painter Lucien Fontanarosa (1912-1975). The engravers were Jacques Jubert (1940-), Henri Renaud (1914-1986) and Jacques Combet (1920-1993). The overall tone of the front was yellow, while of the back was brown and green. The note lacks any kind of ornamental decorative designs, which is the defining feature of banknotes designed by Fontanarosa. Its overall outlines give the impression that the main character together with allegories and allusions of details of their lives are like an oil painting, a distinctive feature of French banknotes as compared to bills of other countries, in which the faces of the main characters are usually crosshatched.