| Issuer | New Caledonia |
| Year | 1898 |
| Type | Standard banknote |
| Value | 500 Francs |
| Currency | Franc (1873-1945) |
| Composition | Paper |
| Size | 214 × 145 mm |
| Shape | Rectangular |
| Printer | Banque de France, France |
| No. printed | |
| Designer(s) | Designers: Alfred-Henri Bramtot, Georges Duval |
| Engraver(s) | Charles-Jules Robert |
| In circulation to | |
| Reference(s) | P#13 |
| Obverse description | Blue and red. Vasco da Gama at left; sailing ships at bottom center; Polynesian man holding paddle on `sea-dragon` boat at right. |
| Reverse description | Blue. |
| Signature(s) | |
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| Obverse lettering | Décrets des 21 Janvier 1875 et du 20
Février 1888
BANQUE DE L`INDO-CHINE
NOUMÉA, le 1ᵉʳ Juillet 1898.
CINQ CENTS FRANCS
payables
en espèces au porteur
Le caissier de l`Agence, Le Directeur,
Un Administrateur,
A. BRAMTOT & G. DUVAL FEC. J. ROBERT SC. (Translation: Decrees of January 21, 1875 and February 20, 1888 Bank of Indo-China Noumea, July 1st., 1898. Five Hundred Francs payable in cash to bearer The Agency Cashier, The Director, an administrator.) |
| Reverse lettering | BANQUE DE L`INDO-CHINE
L`article 139 du Code Pénal
punit des travaux forcés à perpé-
tuité ceux qui auront contrefait
ou falsifié les Billets de banques
autorisées par la loi, ainsi que
ceux qui auront fait usage de
ces Billets contrefaits ou falsi-
fiés, ceux qui
les auront in-
troduits sur
le territoire fran-
çais seront punis
de la même peine
CINQ CENTS FRANCS (Translation: Bank of Indo-China Article 139 of the Penal Code punishes forced labor for life killed those who have counterfeited or falsified bank notes authorized by law, as well as those who will have used these counterfeit or falsified Notes proud, those who will have them in-found on the French territory that will be punished of the same sentence. Five Hundred Francs) |
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| Catalog ID | 4330909920 |
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