| Issuer | French Guiana |
| Year | 1947-1949 |
| Type | Standard banknote |
| Value | 500 Francs |
| Currency | Franc (1917-1960) |
| Composition | Paper |
| Size | 180 × 96 mm |
| Shape | Rectangular |
| Printer | Banque de France, France |
| No. printed | |
| Designer(s) | Clément Serveau |
| Engraver(s) | Obverse: Georges Léon Égalité Beltrand Reverse: Georges Hourriez |
| In circulation to | |
| Reference(s) | P#24 |
| Obverse description | Multicolor printing. The wording and the value in figures and in words are printed in dark blue. The two overprints `GUYANE`, the numbering and the signature are printed in black. On the right, a Martinican woman and a Guadeloupean woman pose in front of the port of Point-à-Pitre. Overprinted on P#25 from French Equatorial Africa. |
| Reverse description | Multicolor. Bullock carts transporting sugar cane. At the bottom, article 139 of the Penal Code is printed in a yellow cartridge. |
| Signature(s) | |
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| Protection description | |
| Obverse lettering | GUYANE
CAISSE CENTRALE DE LA FRANCE
D`OUTRE-MER
500
GUYANE
CINQ CENT FRANCS
C. SERVEAU FEC. | G. BELTRAND SC. (Translation: Guiana Central Fund of Overseas France Five Hundred Francs) |
| Reverse lettering | GUYANE
CAISSE CENTRALE DE LA FRANCE D`OUTRE-MER
500
L`ARTICLE 139 DU CODE PÉNAL PUNIT DES TRAVAUX
FORCÉ CEUX QUI AURONT CONTREFAIT OU FALSIFIÉ
LES BILLETS DE BANQUE AUTORISE PAR LA LOI.
C. SERVEAU FEC. | HOURRIEZ SC.
GUYANE (Translation: Guiana Central Fund of Overseas France Article 139 of the Penal Code punishes forced Labor those who have counterfeited or falsified banknotes authorized by Law. Five Hundred Francs Guiana) |
| Variants | |
| Catalog ID | 3976656170 |
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