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500 Francs
| Issuer | Banque des États de l'Afrique Centrale - Empire Centrafricain |
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| Year | 1978 |
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| Value | 500 Francs CFA (500 XAF) |
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| Obverse description | Portrait of Emperor Jean-Bédel Bokassa I at right, in military uniform with decorations, against a geometric guilloche underprint in brown and orange tones. A central vignette presents a riverside landscape with trees and mountains rendered in intaglio, flanked by ornate latticework borders. The denomination '500' appears in numeral form at upper left and upper right, with the text 'CINQ CENTS FRANCS' in letterpress along the lower margin. |
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| Obverse lettering | EMPIRE CENTRAFRICAIN CINQ CENTS FRANCS LE GOUVERNEUR UN CENSEUR 500 (Translation: CENTRAL AFRICAN EMPIRE FIVE HUNDRED FRANCS) |
| Reverse description | A carved African mask at far right and a traditional sculpture at left frame a central vignette of students engaged in manual crafts and workshop activities, rendered in an intaglio vignette with fine line work. The overall design is set against an intricate repeating guilloche pattern in red-brown tones forming the border and background. The issuing bank name appears in letterpress along the upper margin, with the statutory counterfeiting warning text along the lower border. |
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