Catalog
See full images - free registration
Continue with Google - no registration!
or register with email
Why register? Just to keep bots out of our catalog. Your email stays private - we will never share it or send you anything uninvited. We guarantee you that!
500 Francs
| Issuer | Banque de l'Algérie |
|---|---|
| Year | 1938-1942 |
| Type | Log in to see details |
| Value | Log in to see details |
| Currency | Log in to see details |
| Composition | Log in to see details |
| Size | Log in to see details |
| Shape | Rectangular |
| Printer | Log in to see details |
| Designer(s) | Log in to see details |
| Engraver(s) | Log in to see details |
| In circulation to | Log in to see details |
| Reference(s) | Log in to see details |
| Obverse description | Standing female figure holding a torch at right, with a seated male figure at her feet, rendered in intaglio within an elaborate vignette. A female portrait appears in the lower left corner. A black TUNISIE overprint is applied to the face of the note. |
|---|---|
| Obverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Reverse description | Central intaglio vignette by Duval and engraved by Deloche portrays two women in a North African rural landscape: one seated on the ground arranging pottery vessels, the other standing with a large jar balanced on her head, set against a panoramic hillside background. Two unprinted oval watermark windows flank the central scene, framed by ornate arabesque guilloche borders. The denomination 500 appears in large numerals at lower left and lower right, with Arabic script inscriptions running along the bottom margin. |
| Reverse lettering | GEO DUVAL - FEC E. DELOCHE SC. |
| Signature(s) | Log in to see details |
| Protection type | Log in to see details |
| Protection description | Log in to see details |
| Variants | Log in to see details |
| Comments | Log in to see details |