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20 Francs

Issuer Banque Nationale de Belgique
Year 1892-1895
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Size 137 × 88 mm
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Obverse description Blue on light brown underprint, with allegorical vignettes flanking the central text area: Agriculture and Trade personified at left, and Industry at right, all rendered in finely engraved intaglio style. The composition is framed by intricate guilloche borders, with the denomination and bank title inscribed across the face. Designer and engraver credits appear in the lower margin.
Obverse lettering BANQUE NATIONALE BRUXELLES-10-MAI-95 20 FRANCS 20 PAYABLE À VUE LA LOI PUNIT LE CONTREFACTEUR DES TRAVAUX FORCÉS. H. HENDRICKX DEL. INV. ALBERT DOMS SC.
(Translation: National Bank Brussels, May 10th, 1895. 20 Francs Payable on sight. The law punishes the counterfeiter with hard labour.)
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