Catalog
1000 Francs
| Issuer | Banque Nationale du Congo |
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| Year | 1961-1964 |
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| Value | 1000 Francs |
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| Obverse description | Intaglio portrait of President Joseph Kasavubu in military uniform occupies the left portion of the note, set against a multicolour guilloche underprint with geometric diamond patterns. At upper centre, the denomination MILLE FRANCS is printed in large letterpress, flanked to the right by a circular watermark space surrounded by a polychrome starburst vignette, with a Kongo ancestral figure rendered in intaglio at the far right. The BNC monogram appears at upper left, with the governor's signature printed below centre. |
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| Reverse description | The central vignette presents an intaglio rendering of the Palais de la Nation (parliament building) in Léopoldville along the lower register, set beneath two large overlapping circular guilloche medallions in pale blue and green. The denomination numeral 1000 is printed in large serif letterpress at centre, with the bank title split across upper and lower arcs of the guilloche composition. |
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| Signature(s) | Signature 1 |
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