| Issuer | French Settlements of Oceania (1903-1957) |
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| Year | 1923-1938 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
| Value | 500 Francs |
| Currency | Franc (1919-1944) |
| Composition | Paper |
| Size | 219 × 151 mm |
| Shape | Rectangular |
| Printer | Banque de France, France |
| Designer(s) | Gustave Fraipont |
| Engraver(s) | Obverse: Eugène Gaspérini Reverse: Marguerite Dreyfus (Rita) |
| In circulation to | |
| Reference(s) | P#13 |
| Obverse description | Purple on multicolor underprint. Standing woman at left; ships at top center. |
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| Obverse lettering | BANQUE DE L`INDO-CHINE PAPEETE, le 1er Mars 1926. CINQ CENTS FRANCS PAYABLES EN ESPÉCES A VUE AU PORTEUR 500 G. FRAIPONT E. GASPÉ SC. (Translation: Bank of Indochina Papeete, March 1st., 1926. Five Hundred Francs payable in cash at sight to bearer) |
| Reverse description | Purple on multicolor underprint. Standing native woman at right; ships at top center; palm trees at left; penal code article at bottom center. |
| Reverse lettering | BIC L`ARTICLE 139 DU CODE PÉNAL PUNIT DES TRAVAUX FORCÉS CEUX QUI AURONT CONTREFAIT OU FALSIFIÉ LES BILLET DE BANQUE AUTORISÉS PAR LA LOI AINSI QUE CEUX QUI AURONT FAIT USAGE DE CES BILLETS CONTREFAITS OU FALSIFIÉS, CEUX QUI LES AURONT INTRODUITS SUR LE TERRITOIRE FRANÇAIS SERONT PUNIS DE LA MÊME PEINE. G. FRAIPONT RITA SC. (Translation: Bank of Indochina 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.) |
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| Protection type | Watermark |
| Protection description | Head of Polynesian woman with flowers in her hair. |
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| Numisquare ID | 8624674800 |
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