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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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| Size | 153 × 80 mm |
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| Obverse description | Joint portrait vignette of Pierre and Marie Curie at centre, rendered in intaglio. To their left, a glass bulb containing radium salts is illustrated, self-luminous in its phosphorescence; superimposed graphical probability curves from Marie Curie's research on the effects of X-rays on bacilli appear in red underprint. At upper left, a vignette of 'les petites Curie' — the mobile radiological vehicles deployed by Marie Curie during World War I — is visible within the watermark zone, while a small tactile triangle for the visually impaired appears above four circular motifs symbolising the subatomic world. |
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| Obverse lettering | 500 cinq-cents Francs Pierre Curie 1867-1934 Marie Curie 1859-1906 Banque de France 500 |
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| Protection description | Portrait watermark of Marie Curie, visible in the paper when held to light |
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