Algeria 500 Francs, 1926-1942 P-82

BANQUE DE L'ALGÉRIE CINQ CENTS FRANCS PAYABLE AU PORTEUR ET A VUE 18-7-1939 GEO DUVAL - FEC

Polychrome printing, predominantly grey-green. On the left under the watermark, a portrait of a young Algerian woman (identical to the portrait of the 5 francs Type 1924). In the center at the top, the wording of the issuing institute “BANQUE DE L’ALGÉRIE”, the value “CINQ CENTS FRANCS” and the date of issue are printed in dark blue. Signatures, numbering and date of issue are printed in black. In the middle, a distant view of the bay and the city of Algiers. Below, in a decorated medallion, the value “500” printed in dark blue. On the right, an allegory of France which enlightens Algeria, represented by a woman brandishing a torch and holding in the other hand an unrolled parchment containing article 139 of the Penal Code. A naked young man sits nearby.

GEO DUVAL - FEC E. DELOCHE SC.

An imposing frame decorated with arabesques with a landscape of the Algerian countryside and its mountain range in the background. In the center, two young women. The first is seated and paints a pattern on a jar and the second, standing, carries one of these jars on her head. Below, the value “500” is repeated twice in dark blue. At the bottom center in a green box, article 139 of the Penal Code in Arabic.