500 Francs

Issuer	Banque de Madagascar et des Comores
Year	1960-1963
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Obverse description	Central intaglio vignette of a male figure wearing a traditional woven cap, holding a basket of tropical fruits including bananas and other produce against a floral underprint background. Denomination numerals "500" appear at upper left and right corners, with the value "CINQ CENTS FRANCS" in a panel to the right. The "COMORES" overprint in red and issuer name BANQUE DE MADAGASCAR ET DES COMORES are inscribed along the lower portion, flanked by two signature panels with floral guilloche borders.
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Reverse description	Central vignette of a veiled woman in traditional dress, rendered in intaglio, set against a landscape with hills and water in the background, flanked on both sides by large white lily blossoms. The issuer name BANQUE DE MADAGASCAR ET DES COMORES appears at upper right, with denomination numerals "500" at upper left and right. A legal warning panel in French is set within a guilloche border at the lower centre, with engraver credits at the lower corners.
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Signature(s)	Dejouany / Gonon Dupont / Gonon Martin / Gonon
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