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500 Francs
| Issuer | Banque Centrale des Comores |
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| Year | 1986-2004 |
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| Currency | Franc (1976-date) |
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| Obverse description | Central vignette shows the Masjid de Matsamudu administrative building on Anjouan island, rendered in intaglio with arched colonnades and a crescent-and-star motif on its facade, set against a warm guilloche underprint. A woman in traditional Comorian dress and headscarf occupies the right margin, while a second draped figure appears at lower centre-left. Two signatures appear below the central vignette, attributed to Le Gouverneur at left and Le Président du Conseil d'Administration at right. |
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| Reverse description | Two women in traditional printed wraps and headscarves occupy the left portion of the note, one balancing a woven basket on her head and the other holding tropical fruit; to the right, an outrigger canoe rests on a Moheli beach beneath tall palm trees, with a second canoe and distant mountainous coastline rendered in a warm multicolour intaglio vignette. A circular watermark zone appears at the far right. Decorative geometric guilloche borders frame the composition on all sides. |
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| Signature(s) | Le Directeur Général / Le Président du Conseil d'Administration Le Gouverneur / Le Président du Conseil d'Administration |
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