2 Franc note, (2.5” x 3”), “Emis en France,” “Série de 1944.” Slogan on the back reads: “Liberté/ Egalité/Fraternité.”
This 2 Franc note was issued in 1944 as Allied Military Currency for France following the Allied invasion of France in June 1944. This note was printed in Boston by the Forbes Lithograph Manufacturing Company on behalf of the U.S. Bureau of Engraving and Printing. It was issued to troops entering France in order to supplement the local French currency. Allied Military Currency remained in circulation until financial affairs returned to normal and local currency supplies stabilized. This 2 Franc note was known as the “flag ticket” franc due to the tricolor French flag displayed on the reverse side of the banknote.
Historical Resource Center, Bureau of Engraving and Printing, “ BEP History Fact Sheet: Special and Allied Military Currency,” www.monefactory.gov.