500 Meticais

Issuer	Banco de Moçambique
Year	2011-2017
Type	Standard circulation banknote
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Reverse description	The reverse is rendered in tones of burgundy, green, and blue over a fine guilloche underprint, with a large central vignette of three Cape buffalo (Syncerus caffer) set against a background of tropical vegetation. At the lower left, the denomination numeral "500" is printed in optically variable microprint ink in red and green, while a further numeral appears in blue at the upper left and lower right corners within guilloche cartouches. The bank name "BANCO DE MOÇAMBIQUE" is inscribed at the top and the full denomination "QUINHENTOS METICAIS" at the lower right, with the anti-counterfeiting legend running along the bottom margin.
Reverse lettering	BANCO DE MOÇAMBIQUE 500 QUINHENTOS METICAIS A FALSIFICAÇÃO DA MOEDA É PUNIDA NOS TERMOS DA LEI
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Protection description	Samora Machel portrait and electrotype denomination numeral; embedded security thread with microtext; optically variable ink shifting between red and green
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