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This banknote was issued into circulation until 1947 and was withdrawn from circulation in 1950.
This note deprived of legal tender on 1 January 1963.
This banknote is also called "Five francs Shepherd and Woman wearing." It was painted and engraved by Clement Serveau by Ernest George and Deloche Hourriez in polychrome colors in range.
Obverse: Portrait of a young Pyrenean shepherd in a beret and with stick, mountainous landscape with a village on a background.
Reverse: Portrait of a young girl wearing a white cap and with a scarf of green moiré passed around the shoulders and chest, and with gold necklace and cross - traditional woman costume of the region of Agen - all surrounded by colorful flowers.
Watermark: Portrait in profile of Bernard Palissy, was born in Agen.
Dimensions are 100 mm x 62 mm, that making it the smallest French banknote.
Bernard Palissy (c. 1510 – c. 1590) was a French Huguenot potter, hydraulics engineer and craftsman, famous for having struggled for sixteen years to imitate Chinese porcelain. In the 19th-century, Palissy's pottery became the inspiration for Mintons Ltd's Victorian majolica, which was exhibited at the Great Exhibition of 1851 under the name "Palissy ware".
Palissy is known for his contributions to the natural sciences, and is famous for discovering principles of geology, hydrology and fossil formation. A Protestant, Palissy was imprisoned for his belief during the tumultuous French Wars of Religion and sentenced to death. He died of poor treatment in the Bastille in 1590.