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| Issuer | Banque Nationale de Belgique |
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| Year | 1914 |
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| Size | 180 × 103 mm |
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| Obverse description | Black and brown on multicolour underprint, with all legends in French. Upper left and right vignettes each present a quadriga in high allegorical style — Ceres on the left and Neptune with his trident on the right — each set above a symmetrical group of four female figures in classical composition. At centre, the Belgian lion rests in relief on a pedestal, beneath which the statutory warning text appears within an orange guilloche frame. Denomination, date, and signatures are printed in black; serial numbers are rendered in red. |
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| Reverse description | Printed in red and brown, with all legends in Dutch. The central vignette presents a group of four female allegorical figures representing the four seasons, engaged in agricultural activities including pruning, sowing, harvesting, and reaping. The statutory warning text in Dutch is set at the base of the composition. |
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| Variants | P#79a - 12.06.1914 - 28.12.1914 series 511 & 514 (issued in Anvers / Antwerpen) P#79b - 01.10.1914 series 251 (issued in Oostende) |
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