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10 Francs / 2 Belgas
| Issuer | Banque Nationale de Belgique / Nationale Bank van België |
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| Year | 1943 |
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| Printer | Thomas De La Rue & Company, London, United Kingdom |
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| Obverse lettering | 10 BANQUE NATIONALE DE BELGIQUE 10 DIX FRANCS OU DEUX BELGAS PAYABLES À VUE 01.02.43 10 FRANCS TRÉSORERIE LE TRÉSORIER LE GOUVERNEUR LA LOI PUNIT LE CONTREFACTEUR DES TRAVAUX FORCÉS (Translation: 10 NATIONAL BANK OF BELGIUM 10 TEN FRANCS OR TWO BELGAS PAYABLE ON DEMAND 01.02.43 10 FRANCS TREASURY THE TREASURER THE GOVERNOR THE LAW PUNISHES THE COUNTERFEITER WITH FORCED LABOUR) |
| Reverse description | The reverse mirrors the obverse layout but carries the Dutch-language text and lacks a serial number. A large central guilloche rosette dominates the field, with the interlaced BNB monogram to the left and the bold denomination '10 FRANK' to the right. The upper border panel reads 'NATIONALE BANK VAN BELGIE' in serif capitals, and the bottom panel bears the anti-counterfeiting warning in Dutch. Two facsimile signatures appear below under 'DE SCHATBEWAARDER' and 'DE GOUVERNEUR', with fine acanthus-scroll corner ornaments completing the lathe-work border. |
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Belgium was under German occupation when this note was printed, which makes its London origin the whole story. The Belgian government-in-exile maintained financial institutions in Britain throughout the war, and De La Rue produced this series to support that continuity — notes intended for use after liberation rather than under occupation.
The 2 Belgas denomination is a relic. The belga, equal to five francs, had been introduced in 1926 as a trade unit and was quietly dropped after the war. This note is among the last to carry it.