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100 Francs/Frang Type 1981
| Issuer | Banque Internationale à Luxembourg |
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| Year | 1981 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse lettering | BANQUE INTERNATIONALE A LUXEMBOURG CENT FRANCS 8 MARS 1981 LE COMMISSAIRE DU GOUVERNEMENT LE PRESIDENT DU CONSEIL D'ADMINISTRATION LE PRESIDENT DU COMITE DE DIRECTION 100 |
| Reverse description | The central intaglio vignette portrays an allegorical female figure in a dynamic, swirling composition with arms raised to frame a blank oval reserve at the centre, rendered in tones of purple and pink. She is encircled by concentric rings of intricate guilloche lacework in pastel blue, yellow, and pink, the lathe-work pattern filling the entire field. The issuer's name appears at upper left, the denomination in Luxembourgish at lower right, and the numeral 100 is repeated at upper right and lower left. |
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Bradbury Wilkinson's output for smaller European institutions in this period tends to be underappreciated — the New Malden facility handled an enormous range of private and central bank commissions, and the Banque Internationale à Luxembourg work sits comfortably in that tradition. The BIL, founded in 1856, was Luxembourg's oldest bank and remained privately chartered rather than operating as a central bank, making this note a commercial bank issue rather than a state emission — a distinction that matters for classification purposes.
Watermark-only security reflects the relatively modest circulation expectations for a private institution's notes by 1981, when electronic interbank settlement was rapidly reducing the practical need for physical paper in commercial transactions.