Catalog
See full images - free registration
Continue with Google - no registration!
or register with email
Why register? Just to keep bots out of our catalog. Your email stays private - we will never share it or send you anything uninvited. We guarantee you that!
5 Francs
| Issuer | Banque Nationale de Belgique |
|---|---|
| Year | 1922-1925 |
| Type | Log in to see details |
| Value | Log in to see details |
| Currency | Log in to see details |
| Composition | Paper |
| Size | Log in to see details |
| Shape | Log in to see details |
| Printer | Log in to see details |
| Designer(s) | Log in to see details |
| Engraver(s) | Log in to see details |
| In circulation to | Log in to see details |
| Reference(s) | Log in to see details |
| Obverse description | The obverse presents a circular intaglio vignette at left with conjoined busts of King Albert I and Queen Elisabeth in profile facing right, surrounded by an elaborate guilloche border with corner numerals '5'. The issuing authority 'BANQUE NATIONALE DE BELGIQUE' appears in the upper right quadrant alongside the serial number, with the denomination 'CINQ FRANCS' and numeral '5' rendered in bold letterpress below. A date appears at the top center, two facsimile signatures of the Caissier and Gouverneur are printed at the lower right, and a statutory counterfeiting warning is inscribed at the lower left. |
|---|---|
| Obverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Reverse description | The reverse is printed in blue-grey tones and centers on a vignette of a seated male worker in the foreground overlooking an industrial landscape with factory smokestacks and a river valley in the middle ground. The denomination 'VYF FRANK' is inscribed in large letterpress at the top center beneath the Dutch-language issuer name 'NATIONALE BANK VAN BELGIE', with the payability clause 'BETAALBAAR OP ZICHT' below. A circular blind stamp area appears at left, a numeral '5' cartouche at right, and a counterfeiting warning in Dutch runs along the lower portion, with repeating 'FRANK' inscriptions bordering the note on all sides. |
| Reverse lettering | NATIONALE BANK VAN BELGIE VYF FRANK BETAALBAAR OP ZICHT DE NAMAKER WORDT DOOR DE WET MET DWANGARBEID GESTRAFT FRANK |
| Signature(s) | Log in to see details |
| Protection type | Log in to see details |
| Protection description | Log in to see details |
| Variants | Log in to see details |
| Comments | Log in to see details |