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100 Francs
| Issuer | Nationale Bank van België / Banque Nationale de Belgique |
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| Year | 1995-1997 |
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| Currency | Franc (1832-2001) |
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| Obverse description | Red-violet and black intaglio on multicolour underprint. A portrait vignette of the Belgian painter James Ensor is positioned at the left, with theatrical carnival masks rendered at centre right. Denomination numeral and issuing authority inscriptions frame the composition, with the artist's and engraver's credits integrated into the lower lettering. |
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| Reverse description | Red-violet and black intaglio on multicolour underprint. The central vignette reproduces a scene from Ensor's celebrated painting 'Christ's Entry into Brussels', with a crowd procession and carnival elements rendered in fine line engraving; stylised wave guilloche patterns fill the lower register. Bilingual authority inscriptions appear at right, with the denomination numeral '100' in large figures at lower right, flanked by decorative wheel motifs and signature lines at lower left. |
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| Protection description | Portrait watermark of James Ensor; embedded security thread visible when held to light. |
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