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500 Francs
| Issuer | Banque Centrale des Comores |
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| Year | 2006-2020 |
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| Size | 120 × 66 mm |
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| Obverse lettering | BANQUE CENTRALE DES COMORES CINQ CENTS FRANCS MAHA MINDJI TSI MBAWUSO ZA WUSUDJA WUVULANA TSI MDRU HAZALWA HALE LE PRÉSIDENT DU CONSEIL D'ADMINISTRATION LE GOUVERNEUR 500 |
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| Reverse lettering | البنك المركزي القمري خمس مائة فرنك ٥٠٠ LES AUTEURS OU COMPLICES DE FALSIFICATION OU DE CONTREFAÇON DE BILLETS DE BANQUE SERONT PUNIS CONFORMÉMENT AUX LOIS ET ACTES EN VIGUEUR LA VAILLANCE NE SE MESURE PAS AU NOMBRE DES ANNÉES ON AGE AVANCÉ N'EST PAS GAGE DE BRAVOURE MBAYE TRAMBWI PENSÉES ET MAXIMES |
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The Comoros franc is pegged to the euro at a fixed rate inherited from its earlier peg to the French franc, a monetary arrangement that has remained unchanged since 1994 and gives the Banque de France a continued operational role in supplying the archipelago's currency. Printing in metropolitan France for a small Indian Ocean island nation of under a million people is not an anachronism — it reflects an unbroken institutional dependency that predates independence.
P#15 runs across a remarkably long issue window, with the dual-signature variants distinguishing different administrative periods at the Banque Centrale. The Imani/Rioux pairing is among the later combinations in the series.