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100 florins / 100 gulden - Rubens
| Issuer | Belgium |
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| Year | 2015 |
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| Currency | Franc (1830-2002) |
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| Obverse description | Intaglio-style portrait vignette of the Flemish Baroque painter Peter Paul Rubens occupies the left half of the note, rendered in brown tones with fine engraved line work and captioned 'A. Pa. Rubens. Fe.' at lower right of the portrait panel. The right half carries the denomination in both Dutch ('HONDERD GULDEN') and French ('CENT FLORINS'), set against a guilloche underprint in green and red, with a central vignette of the Brabo fountain statue of Antwerp and an arched architectural background. The Flemish lion coat of arms appears to the right of the central vignette, with the inscriptions 'ANTWERPEN | ANVERS' and the year '2015' below, and 'SPECIMEN / ECHANTILLON' overprinted vertically on the right margin. |
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| Obverse lettering | 100 VLAAMSE GEMEENSCHAP COMMUNAUTÉ FLAMANDE 100 HONDERD GULDEN CENT FLORINS ANTWERPEN ANVERS 2015 100 A. PA RUBENS. FE SPECIMEN ECHANTILLON GABRISBANKNOTE 2015 |
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This is a fantasy or novelty note — Belgium has used the euro since 2002, and no official 100 gulden or florin denomination was ever issued by a Belgian authority. The "Rubens" designation and the designer credit to Matej Gabris place this squarely in the collector fantasy market, where Gabris has produced a well-documented series of elaborate tribute notes for various European countries using historical or cultural figures as themes.
Gabris's work circulates among thematic collectors but carries no monetary authority. The watermark security feature is a production choice that lends a superficial authenticity — it does not confer any official status.