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100 Francs / 20 Belgas bicolor red and green

Issuer Banque Nationale de Belgique / Nationale Bank van Belgie
Year 1943
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Value 100 Francs = 20 Belgas (100 BEF)
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Obverse description Bicolour note printed in red-pink and olive-green, with a large central intaglio vignette of a reclining allegorical figure set before a circular guilloche medallion. To the left, an oval portrait of Queen Elisabeth faces right within a fine-line border inscribed ELISABETH, beneath the legend BANQUE NATIONALE DE BELGIQUE and the denomination 100 FRANCS; to the right, a corresponding oval portrait of King Albert I faces left, inscribed ALBERT, with the denomination VINGT BELGAS below. The date 01.02.43 appears at the bottom centre, flanked by the serial number and the engraver and designer credits G. MINGUET SC. and EMILE VLOORS.
Obverse lettering BANQUE NATIONALE DE BELGIQUE
CENT FRANCS
VINGT BELGAS
ELISABETH
ALBERT
100 FRANCS
20 BELGAS
LE TRESORIER
LE GOUVERNEUR
PAYABLE A VUE
LA LOI PUNIT LE CONTREFACTEUR DES TRAVAUX FORCES
G. MINGUET SC. EMILE VLOORS
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Protection description Watermark visible in the large circular blank area at the centre of both faces, typically showing a portrait or geometric pattern within the paper.
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