500 Francs

Issuer	Institut d'Émission de l'Afrique Occidentale Française et du Togo
Year	1956
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Currency	CFA franc (1944-1958)
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Reverse description	At left, a three-quarter portrait of an African woman wearing a printed head wrap and beaded necklace is rendered in fine intaglio. The central and right portions of the vignette present an agricultural scene with a tractor and harvesting machinery at work in a field, with palm trees in the background. The legal warning text is set within a panel at the lower centre, flanked by decorative African motif borders.
Reverse lettering	INSTITUT D'ÉMISSION DE L'AFRIQUE OCCIDENTALE FRANÇAISE ET DU TOGO L'ARTICLE 139 DU CODE PÉNAL PUNIT DES TRAVAUX FORCÉS À PERPÉTUITÉ CEUX QUI AURONT CONTREFAIT OU FALSIFIÉ LES BILLETS DE BANQUES AUTORISÉES PAR LA LOI
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