Catalog
5 Francs
| Issuer | Banque du Congo Belge |
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| Year | 1914-1924 |
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| Currency | Franc (1887-1960) |
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| Obverse description | An allegorical female figure standing at left tends to a young child beside a domed beehive, rendered in fine intaglio engraving against an intricate guilloche border with numeral '5' medallions at each corner. The bank title 'BANQUE DU CONGO BELGE' is set in bold letterpress across the upper centre, with the denomination 'CINQ FRANCS' enclosed in an ornamental panel to the right. Two manuscript signatures appear below the payability clause, above the printer's imprint 'Waterlow & Sons Ld Londres' along the lower margin. |
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| Obverse lettering | BANQUE DU CONGO BELGE CINQ FRANCS PAYABLES A VUE A KINSHASA LE SECRÉTAIRE-GÉNÉRAL LE PRÉSIDENT LA LOI PUNIT LE CONTREFACTEUR DES TRAVAUX FORCÉS WATERLOW & SONS LD LONDRES |
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| Reverse lettering | BANK VAN BELGISCH CONGO VIJF FRANK BETAALBAAR OP ZICHT TE KINSHASA DE NAMAKER WORDT DOOR DE WET MET DWANGARBEID GESTRAFT |
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