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500 Francs

Issuer Caisse Centrale de la France d'Outre-Mer
Year 1949
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Designer(s) Clément Serveau
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Obverse lettering CAISSE CENTRALE DE LA FRANCE D'OUTRE-MER CINQ CENT FRANCS C. SERVEAU FEC. G. BELTRAND SC.
(Translation: Central Fund of Overseas France Five Hundred Francs)
Reverse description Multicolour intaglio vignette showing bullock carts laden with harvested sugar cane in a tropical agricultural scene. A yellow cartouche at the foot of the note carries the statutory anti-counterfeiting warning referencing Article 139 of the Penal Code, engraved by Hourriez.
Reverse lettering CAISSE CENTRALE DE LA FRANCE D'OUTRE-MER L'ART. 139 DU CODE PENAL PUNIT DES TRAVAUX FORCÉS CEUX QUI AURONT CONTREFAIT OU FALSIFIÉ LES BILLETS DE BANQUE AUTORISÉS PAR LA LOI C. SERVEAU FEC. HOURRIEZ SC.
(Translation: Central Fund of Overseas France — Article 139 of the Penal Code punishes with forced labour those who have counterfeited or falsified banknotes authorised by law.)
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