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50 Francs
| Issuer | Banque du Congo Belge |
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| Year | 1943-1952 |
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| Currency | Franc (1887-1960) |
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| Obverse description | Black intaglio printing on a multicolor guilloche underprint in orange and pink tones. A finely engraved oval vignette at right presents a Congolese woman in profile facing left, wearing traditional beaded jewelry and an elaborate coiffure. At centre-left, a large ornate guilloche rosette frames the numeral '50', with the Belgian Congo flag vignette above and the bilingual denomination 'CINQUANTE FRANCS / PAYABLES À VUE' in a decorative panel below; series and emission date lettering appear in red. |
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| Obverse lettering | BANQUE DU CONGO BELGE SÉRIE EMISSION CINQUANTE FRANCS PAYABLES À VUE L'ADMINISTRATEUR DÉLÉGUÉ DE AFGEVAARDIGDE BEHEERDER LE GOUVERNEUR DE GOUVERNEUR LA LOI PUNIT LE CONTREFACTEUR DES TRAVAUX FORCÉS AMERICAN BANK NOTE COMPANY |
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| Reverse lettering | BANK VAN BELGISCH CONGO UITGIFTE VIJFTIG FRANK BETAALBAAR OP ZICHT DE NAMAKER WORDT DOOR DE WET MET DWANGARBEID GESTRAFT AMERICAN BANK NOTE COMPANY |
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