50 Francs

Issuer	Banque Nationale de Belgique
Year	1851
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Obverse description	Letterpress-printed note with allegorical putti vignettes at each corner and ornate guilloche borders. Centre bears the inscription BANQUE NATIONALE in bold lettering above CINQUANTE FRANCS, with ROYAUME DE BELGIQUE at top and the denomination numeral 50 flanking. Belgian royal arms appear at lower centre, with manuscript date and two handwritten signatures below.
Obverse lettering	ROYAUME DE BELGIQUE 50 BANQUE NATIONALE Payable à Vue CINQUANTE FRANCS Bruxelles le 2 Janvier 1851 Le Directeur Le Vice-Gouv.
Reverse description	Mirror-image impression of the obverse design visible through the thin cotton paper, presenting the full layout in reverse as a show-through effect typical of mid-19th century single-sided Belgian banknote production. The guilloche border framework and corner allegorical figures are discernible, with the central inscriptions reading in reverse.
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