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500 francs - Principauté de Monaco
| Issuer | Monaco |
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| Year | 2016 |
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| Value | 500 Francs (500 MCF) |
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| Obverse description | Blue guilloche underprint with the Casino de Monte-Carlo facade and its forecourt square at centre; conjoined portraits of Prince Rainier III and Princess Grace Kelly set against a diamond-pattern vignette at right; denomination 500 in large numerals at left. |
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| Reverse description | Blue guilloche underprint with a vignette of the Rock of Monaco at centre-left; full-length statue of Prince Albert I at the helm of a ship's wheel occupies the left field, with the Principality's coat of arms in guilloché at centre-right and denomination 500 in large numerals at upper right. |
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Monaco has not issued its own banknotes since the French franc era — the Principality uses the euro and has no independent note-issuing authority. A 2016 paper note denominated in francs with only a watermark as security is almost certainly a fantasy or novelty piece, produced outside any official monetary framework. Gabris is a Slovakia-based designer known for producing privately commissioned "fantasy banknotes" for micronations and non-issuing territories, which is precisely the category this item falls into.