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100 Francs / 20 Belgas Dutch on obverse
| Issuer | Nationale Bank van België / Banque Nationale de Belgique |
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| Year | 1941-1943 |
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| Size | 180 × 110 mm |
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| Obverse description | Central vignette presents an allegorical crowned female figure surrounded by fruits and an incense jar, rendered in intaglio. Flanking the central composition are portrait medallions of Queen Elisabeth at left and King Albert at right. The Dutch-language text of the Nationale Bank van België dominates the obverse, with the denomination stated as HONDERD FRANK and TWINTIG BELGAS, signed by the Treasurer and Governor, with engraver credit to G. MINGUET and artist credit to EMILE VLOORS. |
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| Obverse lettering | DE NAMAKER WORDT DOOR DE WET MET DWANGARBEID GESTRAFT NATIONALE BANK VAN BELGIE 100 FRANK 20 BELGAS ELISABETH ALBERT DE SCHATBEWAARDER DE GOUVERNEUR HONDERD FRANK TWINTIG BELGAS BETAALBAAR OP ZICHT G. MINGUET. SC. EMILE VLOORS (Translation: By law the counterfeiter will be punished by forced labor / National Bank of Belgium / Hundred Francs Twenty Belgas / Payable at sight) |
| Reverse description | The reverse carries a French-language composition centred on two allegorical female figures representing the Meuse (MOSE) and the Schelde (SCALDIS) rivers, accompanied by a child, executed in intaglio after Émile Vloors. The denomination CENT FRANCS and VINGT BELGAS appears within ornate guilloche panels, with engraver credit to M. POORTMAN and artist credit to EMILE VLOORS. |
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