| Issuer | Guinea-Bissau (1976-date) |
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| Year | 1975 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
| Value | 500 Pesos (500 GWP) |
| Currency | Peso (1975-1997) |
| Composition | Paper |
| Size | 162 × 87 mm |
| Shape | Rectangular |
| Printer | Imprimerie Jules Carbonel (Imprimeries La Typo-Litho et Jules Carbonel), Algiers, Algeria |
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| Reference(s) | P#3 |
| Obverse description | Green, black and brown on multicolor underprint. Portrait of President Amilcar Cabral at left; arms at center; soldier at right. |
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| Obverse lettering | BANCO NACIONAL DA GUINÉ-BISSAU QUINHENTOS PESOS 24-9-1975 (Translation: National Bank of Guinea-Bissau Five Hundred Pesos) |
| Reverse description | Green, black and brown on multicolor underprint. Bird statuette at left center; teacher and blind student reading Braille script. |
| Reverse lettering | BANCO NACIONAL DA GUINÉ-BISSAU QUINHENTOS PESOS A LEI PUNE O CONTRAFACTOR (Translation: National Bank of Guinea-Bissau Five Hundred Pesos The law punishes the counterfeiter.) |
| Signature(s) | Victor Freire Monteiro, Vasco Cabral, Francisco Mendes, |
| Protection type | Watermark |
| Protection description | Multiple portraits of Amilcar Cabral. |
| Variants | Signatures 2007: Hamad Ibn Saud Al Sayari; Ibrahim bin Abdulaziz bin Abdullah al-Assaf. 2009: Muhammad Al Jasser; Ibrahim bin Abdulaziz bin Abdullah al-Assaf. 2012: Fahad Al Mubarak; Ibrahim bin Abdulaziz bin Abdullah al-Assaf. |
| Numisquare ID | 8877799740 |
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