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500 Francs
| Issuer | Caisse Centrale de la France d'Outre-Mer |
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| Year | 1947-1949 |
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| Size | 180 × 96 mm |
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| Obverse description | Multicolour intaglio note overprinted 'GUADELOUPE' in the margins, derived from the French Equatorial Africa P#25 issue. The central vignette presents two women to the right, while the left background carries a sailboat and colonial houses rendered in a pastoral composition. Issuing authority inscription and denomination appear in the upper and lower margins. |
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| Reverse description | Multicolour vignette centred on an agricultural scene with labourers guiding ox-drawn carts laden with harvested crops, set against a lush tropical backdrop of pineapple plants and sugar cane. The word 'GUADELOUPE' appears in vertical lettering along both lateral margins, with the denomination '500' at upper left and right. A penal code warning legend runs across the lower centre, with engraver and designer credits at the lower corners. |
| Reverse lettering | GUADELOUPE CAISSE CENTRALE DE LA FRANCE D'OUTRE-MER 500 L'ART 139 DU CODE PÉNAL PUNIT DES TRAVAUX FORCÉS À PERPÉTUITÉ CEUX QUI AURONT CONTREFAIT OU FALSIFIÉ LES BILLETS DE BANQUE AUTORISÉS PAR LA LOI C. SERVEAU FEC. HOURRIEZ SC. (Translation: Guadeloupe Central Fund of Overseas France Article 139 of the Penal Code punishes with forced labour in perpetuity those who have counterfeited or falsified bank notes authorised by law.) |
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