France 500 Francs 1998

500 cinq-cents Francs Marie Curie 1867-1934 Pierre Curie 1859-1906 Banque de France 500

Portrait of Pierre and Marie Curie. On their left in the background is represented a bulb containing radium salts photographed thanks to their only luminosity. Reds reproduce the graphics drawn by Marie Curie in her study on the probability curves relating to the action of X-rays on bacilli. At the top of the watermark, "les petite Curie", radiological cars that circulated on the initiative of Maris Curie during the war of 1914-1918. Under the small triangle intended for the visually impaired, are printed four round figures symbolizing the so-called "subatomic" world.

500 Banque de France Cinq Cents Francs LA CONTREFAÇON OU LA FALSIFICATION DES BILLETS DE BANQUE ET LA MISE EN CIRCULATION DES BILLETS CONTREFAITS OU FALSIFIÉS SONT PUNIS PAR LES ARTICLES 442-1 et 442-2 DU CODE PÉNAL DE PEINES ALLANT JUSQU'À TRENTE ANS DE RÉCLUSION CRIMINELLE ET TROIS MILLIONS DE FRANCS D'AMENDE.

A representation of the chemistry laboratory of the Measurement services at the Radium institute created on January 20, 1914. Under the watermark the text of the Penal Code put into force on March 1, 1994.