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500 Francs - Pierre & Marie Curie type 1993
| Issuer | Banque de France |
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| Year | 1994-2000 |
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| Composition | Cotton paper |
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| Reverse description | A detailed intaglio vignette reproduces the chemistry laboratory of the Measurement Services at the Radium Institute, established on 20 January 1914, rendered with fine guilloche work in the background. Below the watermark zone, the full text of the relevant articles of the Penal Code, brought into force on 1 March 1994, is typeset in small letterpress across the lower portion of the note. |
| Reverse lettering | 500 Banque de France Cinq Cents Francs LA CONTREFAÇON OU LA FALSIFICATION DES BILLETS DE BANQUE ET LA MISE EN CIRCULATION DES BILLETS CONTREFAITS OU FALSIFIÉS SONT PUNIS PAR LES ARTICLES 442-1 et 442-2 DU CODE PÉNAL DE PEINES ALLANT JUSQU'À TRENTE ANS DE RÉCLUSION CRIMINELLE ET TROIS MILLIONS DE FRANCS D'AMENDE. |
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| Protection description | Portrait watermark of Marie Curie, visible in the paper when held to light |
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