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50 Francs

Emittent Banque Nationale de Belgique
Jahr 1852
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Form Rectangular
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Vorderseitenbeschreibung Black intaglio print on cream paper. Allegorical vignettes of Minerva at left and Mercury at right flank the central text panel, with cherub figures occupying each of the four corners. The Royal Arms of Belgium appear at bottom centre, and a red rounded stamp is applied at right.
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Rückseitenbeschreibung The reverse reproduces the obverse design in mirror image, printed in black intaglio, with the central text panel overlaid in blue guilloche underprint. The mirror-printed allegorical figures, cherubs at the four corners, and the Royal Arms at bottom centre remain visible in the reversed composition, with blue flourishes reinforcing the central cartouche.
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Anmerkungen

The Banque Nationale de Belgique was only a year old when this note entered circulation — the bank was founded in 1850, and the 50 Francs was among its earliest emissions. Léopold Wiener was primarily a medallist and engraver to the Belgian royal court, not a commercial banknote designer, which gives this issue an unusual sculptural quality in its intaglio work that later BNB notes largely abandoned in favor of more conventional security engraving.

Pick 4 is genuinely rare at this date. Early Belgian notes suffered heavy attrition through redemption and destruction, and the 1850s issues are among the most seldom encountered in any condition.