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20 Francs
| Emittent | Banque Nationale de Belgique |
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| Jahr | 1892-1895 |
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| Druckerei | National Bank of Belgium Printing Works, Brussels, Belgium (1851-2020) |
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| Vorderseitenbeschreibung | 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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| Rückseitenbeschreibung | 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. |
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| Anmerkungen |
Henri Hendrickx designed relatively few notes for the Banque Nationale, and Albert Doms — primarily known for his medal and stamp engraving work — brought an unusually sculptural quality to the intaglio on this series. The collaboration was uncommon; most Belgian notes of the period relied on outside contractors, and having both design and engraving executed domestically was a deliberate policy choice by the bank in the early 1890s.
The issue window of 1892–1895 coincides with a period of significant monetary debate in Belgium around bimetallic currency arrangements under the Latin Monetary Union. Whether that instability influenced print volumes for this denomination isn't recorded, but the series was relatively short-lived.