France money 500 French Francs Pascal banknote of 1991. French paper money banknotes collection. Collection de papier-monnaie billets français.
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The French Franc was the national currency of France until the introduction of the Euro in 1999 (in full circulation in 2002)
Euro exchange rate: 500 French francs are the equivalent of 76 euros 22 euro cents (fixed rate of 6.55957 francs for 1 euro).
Obverse: A portrait of Pascal appears on both sides of the note with Gothic Flamboyant bell tower of the Church of Saint Jacques de la Boucherie ("Saint James of the butchery") in Paris at bottom right the and the Clermont-Ferrand Cathedral in the background.
Reverse: At center, the same Portrait of Blaise Pascal identically framed on both sides of the banknote by a colombier of Abbey of Port Royal, Paris and the Chapel of the Abbey, where Pascal retired in 1655 and gave a lecture in 1658 in terms of his work "Apologie" (Apology of the Christian Religion).
Watermark: Death mask of Blaise Pascal.
The dimensions are 180 mm x 97 mm.
The dominant colors are yellow and brown.
The banknote design was created by Lucien Fontanarosa (1912-1975) and the engraving by Claude and Robert Armanelli Durrens.
500 French francs bank note Pascal was created on 4 January 1968 and January 7, 1969 issued into circulation by the Bank of France for replacing the 500 francs Molière . It was replaced in 1995 by the 500 francs Pierre et Marie Curie .
500 francs Pascal is the highest part of banknotes issued by the Banque de France, it was printed from 1968 to 1994 and remained in circulation until 1997.
500 francs Pascal note was redeemable at the Banque de France until February 28, 2007.