Catalog
10 000 Francs
| Issuer | Banque du Congo Belge |
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| Year | 1942 |
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| Currency | Franc (1887-1960) |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is entirely blank. |
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| Protection description | BCB/BBC monogram and a five-pointed star watermark |
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The Banque du Congo Belge continued operating through London during the Second World War after Belgium fell to German occupation in May 1940 — the colonial financial infrastructure, including note issuance, was maintained from exile with British cooperation. Waterlow & Sons handled the printing, as they did for numerous allied and exile governments during this period.
At 10,000 Francs, this is the highest denomination of the wartime series — a figure that speaks to the scale of transactions in the colony's mining and commodity economy rather than everyday retail use. Pick 20 survivors in any honest condition are uncommon.