20 Francs

Issuer	Banque Nationale de Belgique
Year	1892-1895
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Printer	National Bank of Belgium Printing Works, Brussels, Belgium (1851-2020)
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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.)
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.
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