100 Francs

€258,698.00
IssuerCongo Free State (1885-1908)
Year1896
TypeStandard banknote
Value100 Francs
CurrencyFranc (1887-1960)
CompositionPaper
Size
ShapeRectangular
PrinterWaterlow & Sons Limited, United Kingdom (1810-1961)
No. printed
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Reference(s) P#2
Obverse descriptionBlack print, with red serial numbers. To the left a woman holding a caduceus, surrounded by boxes and barrels representing trade, with the sea and a boat in the background. To the top right is a lion laying down. These two figures are devided by a text. In both of the top corners and bottom left the value. In the bottom right is the value written out and promissory text belowe, with signatures belowe that.
Reverse descriptionRed-brown print. In the center a woman being the personification of Liberty in a round frame. The frame is made of the country name. On each side of the woman is the value written out and in the corners the value in numbers. All on a red-brown pattern background.
Signature(s)
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Protection description
Obverse letteringÉTAT INDÉPENDANT DU CONGO CENT FRANCS PAYABLES AU PORTEUR À LA TRÉSORERIE GÉNÉRALE DE L`ETAT
Reverse lettering100 100 CENT ETAT INDEPENDANT DU CONGO CENT 100 100
Variants
Catalog ID7670163370
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