| Issuer | Réunion (1848-date) |
| Year | 1947 |
| Type | Standard banknote |
| Value | 500 Francs |
| Currency | Franc (1816-1965) |
| Composition | Paper |
| Size | 180 × 96 mm |
| Shape | Rectangular |
| Printer | Banque de France, France |
| No. printed | |
| Designer(s) | Clément Serveau |
| Engraver(s) | Obverse: Camille Beltrand Reverse: Georges Hourriez |
| In circulation to | |
| Reference(s) | P#46 |
| Obverse description | Multicolor printing. The wording and the value in figures and in words are printed in dark blue. The two overprints `LA RÉUNION`, 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. |
| 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) | |
| Protection type | |
| Protection description | |
| Obverse lettering | LA RÉUNION
CAISSE CENTRALE DE LA FRANCE
D`OUTRE-MER
500
LA RÉUNION
CINQ CENT FRANCS
C. SERVEAU FEC. | C. BELTRAND SC.
LA RÉUNION (Translation: Reunion Central Fund of Overseas France Five Hundred Francs Reunion) |
| Reverse lettering | LA RÉUNION
CAISSE CENTRALE DE LA FRANCE D`OUTRE-MER
500
RÉPUBLIQUE FRANÇAISE
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.
LA RÉUNION (Translation: Reunion 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 Reunion) |
| Variants | |
| Catalog ID | 9373528300 |
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