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| Uitgever | Banque du Congo Belge |
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| Jaar | 1914-1921 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Opschrift voorzijde | BANQUE DU CONGO BELGE CINQ FRANCS PAYABLES A VUE A STANLEYVILLE LE SECRÉTAIRE-GÉNÉRAL LE PRÉSIDENT LA LOI PUNIT LE CONTREFACTEUR DES TRAVAUX FORCES |
| Beschrijving keerzijde | A central oval vignette in green intaglio presents an elephant and hippopotamus in a jungle landscape, surrounded by an elaborate guilloche border with leaf-pattern ornamentation and numeral 5 panels on each side. The Dutch bank title BANK VAN BELGISCH CONGO is lettered across the top, with the denomination VIJF FRANK in a cartouche below the vignette, followed by the payable clause BETAALBAAR OP ZICHT TE STANLEYVILLE. The penalty warning and printer imprint WATERLOW & SONS LIMITED LONDRES appear at the foot. |
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The Banque du Congo Belge was established in 1909, the same year Belgium formally absorbed the Congo Free State from Leopold II following international outcry over atrocities committed under his personal rule. This note circulated during a period when the colony's monetary infrastructure was still being normalized after decades of rubber-quota enforcement and company scrip.
Waterlow & Sons handled the printing throughout the entire 1914–1921 date range, which spans the First World War — a period when shipping printed currency to central Africa from London carried genuine logistical risk. The P#4C designation distinguishes this as one of several signature varieties within the broader 5 Francs series.