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20 Francs Type 1950
| Issuer | Belgian Treasury (Trésorerie de Belgique) |
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| Year | 1950-1956 |
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| Value | 20 Francs (20 BEF) |
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| Reverse lettering | KONINKRIJK BELGIE PHILIPPUS DE MONTE THESAURIE TWINTIG FRANK DE DIRECTEUR GENERAAL DER THESAURIE DE NAMAKER WORDT DOOR DE WET GESTRAFT G. REGNIER SC. L. BUISSERET DEL. 20 (Translation: Kingdom of Belgium / Philippus de Monte / Treasury / Twenty Francs / The Director General of the Treasury / The counterfeiter is punished by law) |
| Signature(s) | 01.07.1950 - van Heurck 03.04.1956 - Williot |
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| Comments |
The Belgian Treasury, rather than the National Bank, issued this note — a distinction that mattered politically in the early 1950s, when the question of who controlled short-term paper credit was still being actively contested between the two institutions. Buisseret designed and Régnier engraved the series, a domestic production at a time when Belgium had sufficient printing infrastructure to avoid contracting abroad.
The six-year signature span across just two signatories reflects a stable but transitional period; the type was eventually displaced as the National Bank reasserted control over circulating paper.