Catalog
20 Makuta
| Issuer | Banque Nationale du Congo |
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| Year | 1967-1970 |
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| Printer | Thomas De La Rue & Company, Limited |
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| Obverse description | Portrait of Patrice Lumumba in intaglio engraving at right, with a central vignette showing Lumumba waving the Congolese flag amid a crowd of figures rendered in fine line engraving. The bank monogram appears at lower left, with serial number at lower left and upper right. A guilloche underprint in pastel tones frames the composition. |
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| Reverse description | Central vignette of a traditional pirogue on a river, rendered in fine intaglio engraving, set against a guilloche underprint. The bank name and denomination appear in letterpress above and below the central design. |
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| Protection description | Antelope watermark. |
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