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500 Francs
| Issuer | Banque de l'Indo-Chine |
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| Year | 1923-1938 |
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| Engraver(s) | Obverse: Eugène Gaspérini Reverse: Marguerite Dreyfus (Rita) |
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| Obverse description | Purple intaglio printing over a multicolour guilloche underprint. At left, a standing female allegorical figure is rendered in fine line engraving, while a central vignette at the top of the note presents a view of sailing ships. The face value and the name of the issuing authority are lettered in bold intaglio, with the engraver's and designer's signatures appearing in the lower margin. |
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| Reverse description | Purple intaglio over a multicolour guilloche underprint. A standing native woman occupies the right vignette, with palm trees framing the left margin and a sailing ship scene positioned at top centre. The full text of Article 139 of the Penal Code is set out in letterpress at the bottom centre, flanked by the signatures of the designer and engraver. |
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| Protection description | Head of a Polynesian woman with flowers in her hair. |
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