20 Francs

€422,931.00
IssuerBelgium
Year1851
TypeStandard banknote
Value20 Francs (20 BEF)
CurrencyFranc (1832-2001)
CompositionPaper
Size135 × 85 mm
ShapeRectangular
PrinterNational Bank of Belgium Printing Works, Brussels, Belgium (1851-2020)
No. printed
Designer(s)Léopold Wiener
Engraver(s)
In circulation to1870
Reference(s) P#41
Obverse descriptionBlack print. Allegorical figures at left (Ceres) and at right (Neptune); cherubs at upper center; Royal Arms at bottom center.
Reverse descriptionMirrored obverse print. Heads of Minerva and Mercury and cherubs in green print. Two rounded stamps (black and red).
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Protection type
Protection description
Obverse lettering20 LOI DU 5 MAI 1850 20 BANQUE NATIONALE VINGT FRANCS Payable à Vue
(Translation: Law of May 5, 1850 Twenty Francs Payable on sight)
Reverse lettering
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Catalog ID2208000750
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