100 “Nouveaux Francs

This specific design is based on the 100 “Nouveaux Francs” (New Francs) banknote, which was in circulation between 1959 and 1964. The portrait is of Napoleon Bonaparte (1769–1821), the first Emperor of France. It is marked as 100 NF (Nouveaux Francs), a currency created as part of the 1958 Rueff-Pinay stabilization plan to balance the French budget.