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1000 Francs
| Issuer | Banque Centrale du Congo Belge et du Ruanda-Urundi |
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| Year | 1953-1955 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse lettering | BANQUE CENTRALE DU CONGO BELGE ET DU RUANDA-URUNDI MILLE FRANCS PAYABLES A VUE LE PREMIER DIRECTEUR LE GOUVERNEUR LE CONTREFACTEUR EST PUNI DE SERVITUDE PÉNALE |
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| Protection type | Watermark |
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The Banque Centrale du Congo Belge et du Ruanda-Urundi was itself a transitional institution — created in 1952 to replace the Banque du Congo Belge, it administered currency across three territories that Belgium governed under distinctly different legal arrangements: a colony, and two League of Nations mandate territories. A single note circulating across all three was a bureaucratic convenience that papered over real constitutional distinctions.
Bradbury Wilkinson produced high-denomination colonial notes for several British and European issuing authorities simultaneously during this period, sharing press resources while maintaining separate plate security. At 1000 Francs, this was the ceiling of the series — serious purchasing power in a territory where wage labor was largely denominated in far smaller figures.