Catalog
100 Francs
| Issuer | Banque du Congo Belge |
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| Year | 1912-1929 |
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| Currency | Franc (1887-1960) |
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| Obverse description | A standing allegorical female figure at left holds a portrait medallion of Ceres, the goddess of agriculture, while a seated boy on a rocky outcrop surrounded by tropical produce and elephant tusks occupies the central lower register, and a kneeling female figure appears at right. The vignette is rendered in fine intaglio engraving in the colonial allegorical style typical of early twentieth-century African colonial currency. |
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| Obverse lettering | BANQUE DU CONGO BELGE CENT FRANCS PAYABLE A VUE LA LOI PUNIT LE CONTREFACTEUR DES TRAVAUX FORCES |
| Reverse description | The central vignette presents a kneeling Congolese woman with a young child seated before her at left, facing a standing Congolese warrior holding a long paddle or spear at right, with a riverscape and distant settlement visible in the tonal underprint background. A circular watermark medallion occupies the upper left, and the denomination "HONDERD FRANK" appears in bold gilt lettering across the top, with the payable city "MATADI" overprinted in red. |
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