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500 Francs
| Issuer | Bank of Algeria - French Administration |
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| Year | 1943-1944 |
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| Value | 500 Francs |
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| Obverse description | Central vignette presents a pastoral Algerian scene with two children at left amid lush vegetation and a turbaned man seated with a camel at right, rendered in intaglio. The denomination '500' appears in a panel at the bottom centre, with Arabic script inscription above it. Three signature panels are positioned across the note — 'L'Inspecteur Gal', 'Le Sous-Directeur Gal', and 'Le Caissier Gal' — with a date stamp at upper left and serial numbers at upper right and lower corners. |
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| Reverse description | Allegorical seated female figure at centre-left, rendered in intaglio, resting beside an open book and scrolls with a sword at her side, her arm extended toward a standing young boy who holds a branch of foliage; ceramic vessels and fruit appear at right. The denomination '500' is printed at bottom centre, and Arabic script fills the bottom border area. Guilloche underprint in green tones frames the composition on all sides with the words 'CINQ CENTS FRANCS' repeated vertically in the margins. |
| Reverse lettering | CINQ CENTS FRANCS خمساية فرنك 500 بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم وبالله التوفيق C ROMAGNOLI - SC |
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