100 Francs green reverse

€421,371.00
IssuerBelgium
Year1906-1908
TypeStandard circulation banknotes
Value100 Francs (100 BEF)
CurrencyFranc (1832-2001)
CompositionPaper
Size180 × 103 mm
ShapeRectangular
PrinterNational Bank of Belgium Printing Works, Brussels, Belgium (1851-2020)
No. printed
Designer(s)Constant Montald
Engraver(s)Édouard Biet
In circulation to9 October 1944
Reference(s) P#70
Obverse descriptionPolychrome printing with dominant red-brown, green and black. All texts are in French. On the left in the upper part, Ceres leads a quadriga above a rich graphic composition in which we can see a group of four women. In the center, the Belgian lion is lying on a pedestal with the text of the Law printed in an orange frame below. On the right in the upper part, Neptune with his trident leads another quadriga above a composition identical to that on the left with four other women. This note is the first to include the wording “Banque Nationale de Belgique”. The value, date, ticket number and signatures are printed in black.
Reverse descriptionThe reverse is printed in green and pale yellow. The texts are printed in Dutch. A group of four women who illustrate the four seasons of the year with pruning, sowing, harvesting and reaping. We find the text of Law printed in Dutch at the bottom of the composition
Signature(s)
Protection typeWatermark
Protection descriptionNational Bank of Belgium and head of Minerva.
Obverse lettering100 BANQUE NATIONALE DE BELGIQUE CENT FRANCS PAYABLES A VUE 6.11.07 LA LOI PUNIT LE CONTREFACTEUR DES TRAVAUX FORCES CONSTANT. MONTALD. ÉDOUARD. BIET SC.
(Translation: National Bank of Belgium One Hundred Francs November 6th., 1907 Payable at sight The law punishes the counterfeiter forced labor.)
Reverse lettering100 NATIONALE BANK VAN BELGIË HONDERD FRANK BETAALBAAR OP ZICHT C. MONTALD. É. BIET SC.
(Translation: National Bank of Belgium One Hundred Francs Payable at sight)
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Catalog ID2843122470
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