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500 Francs
| Issuer | Bank of Algeria - French Administration |
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| Year | 1958 |
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| Value | 500 Francs |
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| Obverse description | Central vignette of a Griffon vulture and a Tawny eagle perched together on a rocky outcrop before a mountainous landscape, rendered in multicolour intaglio. The bank title in cursive script occupies the top centre, with the denomination numeral "500" in each upper corner and twisted rope-pattern guilloche borders framing the left and right margins. Two signature lines appear at lower left beneath the title of each signatory, with the denomination "CINQ CENTS FRANCS" in large red letterpress at bottom centre and a penal code warning panel within the central field. |
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| Obverse lettering | Banque de l'Algérie 500 CINQ CENTS FRANCS LE CAISSIER GÉNÉRAL LE SECRÉTAIRE GÉNÉRAL L'ARTICLE 139 DU CODE PÉNAL PUNIT DES TRAVAUX FORCÉS LE CONTREFACTEUR (Translation: Bank of Algeria / 500 / Five Hundred Francs / The General Cashier / The General Secretary / Article 139 of the Penal Code punishes the counterfeiter with hard labour) |
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| Variants | P#117a - Issued note. 2.1.1958-22.4.1958 |
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