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20 Francs
| Issuer | Banque Nationale de Belgique |
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| Year | 1892-1895 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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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. |
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| Reverse description | Printed in blue, the reverse centres on a large intaglio vignette of a seated allegorical female figure representing Art, holding a staff and gesturing upward, attended by two putti at her feet amid classical decorative elements. Denomination numerals "20" appear in circular cartouches at left and right, with the Dutch legend "TWINTIG FRANKEN" arching across the upper portion of the central vignette. A guilloche panel runs along the lower border. |
| Reverse lettering | 20 20 TWINTIG FRANKEN H. HENDRICKX DEL. INV. ALBERT DOMS SC (Translation: Twenty Francs) |
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