21 12 1953 - 26 09 1956 Date without letters Series 602 - 1122 500 francs Values

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21 12 1953 - 26 09 1956 Date without letters Series 602 - 1122 500 francs Values

Details

Obverse: French text; bunch of grapes; grape leaves; head of ram; head of Bacchus

Reverse: Arabic text; Roman tile mosaic of two men farming under grape arbor (from Work of the Fields, found in Caesarea, now at Cherchell Museum, Algeria)

Basic Information

GSID:

94089

Denomination:

500 francs

Varieties and Classification

Variety:

21 12 1953 - 26 09 1956 Date without letters Series 602 - 1122

Physical Characteristics

Design Details

Note Color:

Yellow and green

Note Dimension:

185 x 92 mm

Printer:

(Banque de France)

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