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500 Francs - type 1817 definitive with green/white legend
| Issuer | Banque de France |
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| Year | 1818-1824 |
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| Composition | Paper |
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| Obverse lettering | BANQUE DE FRANCE cinq cents francs. GALLE F. |
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| Protection description | Watermark reading "cinq cents 500 Fr" visible across the note |
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The type 1817 definitive replaced an earlier provisional series and ran for seven years — a long production window that accounts for the substantial print total of just over 12 million notes. André Galle, primarily known as a medallist and seal engraver to the French state, brought a die-cutter's discipline to the plate work here, and Normand's compositional geometry reflects his training as an architect and decorative theorist rather than a conventional banknote draughtsman.
The green and white legend designation distinguishes this from closely related variants in the Fay catalogue; the color difference is a printing characteristic, not a later alteration.