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500 Francs
| Issuer | Banque Centrale des États de l'Afrique de l'Ouest |
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| Year | 1959 |
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| Currency | CFA franc (1958-date) |
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| Obverse description | At left, a cast bronze memorial head of Idia, the first Queen Mother (Iyoba) of the Kingdom of Benin, rendered in intaglio; at right, an agricultural fieldwork scene forms the central vignette. The border is composed of stylised African decorative motifs with guilloche underprint throughout, and denomination numerals appear at the upper left and upper right corners. |
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| Reverse description | At left, a three-quarter portrait vignette of an African woman in traditional dress and beaded headdress, rendered in intaglio; at right, an engraved scene of a farmer operating a tractor ploughing a field, with palm trees and open sky in the background. The border carries a repeating band of African decorative motifs with stylised figures along the lateral margins, and a text warning cartouche appears at the lower centre. |
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| Protection description | Woman's head watermark |
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