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500 Francs - Marianne type 1945
| Issuer | French Treasury |
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| Year | 1945 |
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| Size | 138 × 78 mm |
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| Obverse description | A central medallion frames a right-facing portrait vignette of Marianne wearing a Phrygian cap, rendered in the distinctive allegorical style of Edmund Dulac. Denomination numerals occupy each corner against a field of intricate guilloche rosettes and geometric underprint patterns. The republic's name is inscribed along the upper margin, with "CINQ CENTS FRANCS" lettered across the lower border. |
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| Obverse lettering | 500 | REPUBLIQUE FRANCAISE | 500 500 CINQ CENTS FRANCS 500 | CINQ CENTS FRANCS | 500 |
| Reverse description | An elaborate central guilloche rosette encloses the large numeral "500", flanked by rectangular panels bearing the legend "CINQ CENTS FRANCS" in bold letterpress. Dense interlocking geometric and foliate scrollwork fills the entire field, with the republican motto "LIBERTE EGALITE FRATERNITE" arched across the upper margin. A statutory anti-counterfeiting warning in small text runs along the lower border. |
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