Discovering old french banknotes #1

I would like, through these few posts, let you discover old french banknotes, which were current in the last century. Sometimes for nostalgia, sometimes to put them in parallel with their era, or the character they highlight, or sometimes just for their aesthetic.

Let's start with the 1000F banknote called "Cérès and Mercure"
It was printed from 1927 to 1940, at a little under 300 million copies, and was legal until 1945. It is the work of the painter Charles Albert Walhain. It highlights trade, agriculture, and science.

It appears two divinities: Cérès, in the upper left medallion, and Mercure, in the right upper medallion. The two children at their feet symbolize, on the left, agriculture, with the sickle and the rooster; on the right, the trade, with the shovel and the anchor.

On the reverse, there are two historical figures: on the left, André-Marie Ampère and on the right, Louis Pasteur, both symbols of science and research. They are completed, in their center, by a goldsmith, holding a jewel, and a blacksmith with his hammer and anvil, representing the craft industry.

This banknote, like many of this time, was very important: 23.5 cm by 13 cm! You may notice some holes on the left side of the note (and so on the right side on the back). It was common at the beginning of the 20th century, "to pin" freshly printed banknotes with pins to hold them together!
I find the aesthetic particularly beautiful and worked compared to the banknotes that we can currently meet ... Do not hesitate to leave me your opinion! :)

Thanks !