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1000 Francs
| Issuer | Banque Nationale de Belgique |
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| Year | 1884-1906 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse description | Green-blue and brown intaglio printing on brownish-yellow paper, with embossed lines in the margins. The obverse vignette presents Neptune at left and Salacia at right as the principal allegorical figures, with a seven-digit serial number centred on the face. The design is closely related to P#73 but incorporates slight modifications to the overall composition. |
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| Protection description | No watermark. |
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The P#66 series ran for over two decades, accumulating at least five distinct signature combinations — an unusually high count that reflects the bank's turbulent administrative turnover during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Henri Hendrickx designed the plate, with engraving by Albert Doms, both working within the bank's own printing facility, making this a fully in-house production from conception to issue.
At 1000 Francs, these circulated at a denomination most Belgians rarely handled. Attrition rates on high-value notes of this period were low for wear but high for deliberate destruction once superseded — surviving examples across all signature varieties are considerably scarcer than the long print run might suggest.