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500 Francs
| Issuer | Bank of Algeria - French Administration |
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| Year | 1956 |
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| Size | 142 × 73 mm |
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| Obverse description | Multicolour note with a decorative underprint of acanthus and oak leaf scrollwork across the entire field. A medallion vignette at right contains an intaglio portrait of a young woman in three-quarter view, wreathed in foliage. A large circular watermark reserve occupies the left portion, flanked by two-signature blocks at centre below the bank title and date. |
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| Obverse lettering | BANQUE DE L`ALGÉRIE A.8-2-1956.A CINQ CENT FRANCS LE CAISSIER PRINCIPAL LE SECRÉTAIRE GÉNÉRAL L`ARTICLE 139 DU CODE PENAL PUNIT DES TRAVAUX FORCÉS A PERPÉTUITÉ LE CONTREFACTEUR. (Translation: Bank of Algeria Five Hundred Francs Principal Cashier General Secretary The article 139 of Penal Code will be punished by forced labor in perpetuity the counterfeiter.) |
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| Protection description | Profile of a Moorish woman in a medallion on the left. |
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