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500 Nouveaux Francs - Molière type 1959
| Issuer | Banque de France |
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| Year | 1959-1966 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse lettering | BANQUE DE FRANCE 500 NF CINQ CENTS NOUVEAUX FRANCS |
| Reverse description | The central vignette renders Molière standing before an audience in an elaborate theatrical scene, referencing the posthumous 1674 Versailles performance of Le Malade Imaginaire. Musical instruments are scattered in the foreground, and the composition is executed in finely engraved intaglio with blue-green and brown tones. The statutory counterfeiting warning in French occupies the lower portion of the note alongside the repeated denomination "500". |
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| Signature(s) | 02.07.1959 - 08.01.1965 - d'Ambrières, Tondu & Gargam 06.01.1966 & 01.09.1966 - Morant, Tondu & Gargam |
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