500 Francs - Blue and pink type 1888

€206,005.00
IssuerFrance
Year1888-1937
TypeStandard banknote
Value500 Francs
CurrencyFranc (1795-1959)
CompositionPaper
Size242 × 140 mm
ShapeRectangular
Printer
No. printed
Designer(s)Obverse: Designers: Georges Duval, Jean-Baptiste-Daniel Dupuis
Reverse: Guillaume-Alphonse Harang (Guillaume Cabasson)
Engraver(s)Obverse: Paul Dujardin, Charles-Jules Robert, Jacques-Jean Barre
Reverse: Adolphe-François Pannemaker
In circulation to16 December 1943
Reference(s) P#66
Obverse descriptionHercules and Mercury in two pink medallions. Caduceus and plant motifs in the background. Oval frieze in blue representing several loves, as well as a woman with the tables of the law.
Reverse descriptionHercules and Ceres on the right and left hold a caduceus in the high center of an oval frieze, in blue on a white background. Two lovers surround the portrait of Ceres from the front.
Signature(s)
Protection typeWatermark
Protection descriptionReading on the reverse side 500 FRANCS and BANQUE DE FRANCE
Obverse letteringBANQUE DE FRANCE CINQ CENTS FRANCS BARRE F.
Reverse letteringAH-CABASSON INV-DEL. PANNEMAKER SCULP
Variants
Catalog ID1889726580
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