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500 Francs
| Uitgever | Banque Nationale de Belgique |
|---|---|
| Jaar | 1851 |
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| Waarde | Log in om details te zien |
| Valuta | Log in om details te zien |
| Samenstelling | Paper |
| Afmetingen | Log in om details te zien |
| Vorm | Log in om details te zien |
| Drukker | Log in om details te zien |
| Ontwerper(s) | Log in om details te zien |
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| In omloop tot | Log in om details te zien |
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| Beschrijving voorzijde | Black intaglio print on white paper. Allegorical vignettes occupy the lateral margins — Minerva at left and Mercury at right — with cherub figures at each of the four corners; the Royal Arms of Belgium appear at bottom center. The face carries full letterpress text including the issuing authority, denomination, and date. |
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| Opschrift voorzijde | Log in om details te zien |
| Beschrijving keerzijde | Mirror image of the obverse composition printed in dark blue, with the allegorical figures reversed left-to-right. Two rounded control stamps appear at the lateral sides, one in red and one in black. |
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| Opmerkingen |
The Banque Nationale de Belgique was established by royal decree in 1850, making this 500 Francs note among the earliest issues from a brand-new central bank — the ink was barely dry on its founding charter. At 500 Francs, this was a high-denomination instrument aimed squarely at commercial and interbank transactions, not retail circulation, which in part accounts for the extreme scarcity of surviving examples in any condition.
Léopold Wiener was primarily a medallist and engraver at the Brussels Mint, and his involvement here reflects the tight institutional overlap between the Mint and the new Bank in those early years.