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1000 Francs / 200 Belgas
| Issuer | Banque Nationale de Belgique / Nationale Bank van België |
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| Year | 1943 |
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| Printer | Bradbury Wilkinson and Company, United Kingdom (1856-1990) |
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| Reverse description | Printed in brown and violet, the reverse carries a central vignette of allegorical figures, flanked on both left and right by the Belgian coat of arms. Bilingual inscriptions in Dutch and French render the denomination as DUIZEND FRANK / TWEE HONDERD BELGAS, with the date 01.02.43 and credits for engraver Poortman and designer Vloors. |
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Printed by Bradbury Wilkinson in New Malden during the German occupation of Belgium, this note was prepared in exile — the Belgian government-in-exile maintained financial continuity from London, and production in Britain kept the currency out of Axis hands while the National Bank's Brussels offices operated under duress. The 200 Belgas denomination is a holdover from the 1926 monetary reform that pegged the Belga at five francs; the dual denomination persisted on high-value notes long after the Belga had effectively faded from everyday use.
Minguet engraved the obverse, Poortman the reverse — both working from Vloors's designs, a Belgian artistic team producing work on British soil for a country under occupation.