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500 Nouveaux Francs - Molière type 1959
| Issuer | Banque de France |
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| Year | 1959-1966 |
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| Reference(s) | P#145 |
| Obverse description | A central intaglio vignette presents a bust portrait of Jean-Baptiste Poquelin (Molière), framed by theater balconies to the left draped with red curtains and an orchestra in the right foreground, evoking the first performance of Le Malade Imaginaire at the Palais-Royal in 1673. The denomination "500 NF" appears within guilloche underprint work, with the inscription "BANQUE DE FRANCE" across the upper register. The composition is executed in rich intaglio engraving with warm ochre and brown tones. |
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| 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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| Variants | P#145a - 02.07.1959 - 08.01.1965 signatures: d'Ambrières, Tondu & Gargam P#145b - 06.01.1966 & 01.09.1966 signatures: Morant, Tondu & Gargam |
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