500 Francs

€1.00
IssuerBelgium
Year1873-1886
TypeStandard circulation banknote
Value500 Francs (500 BEF)
CurrencyFranc (1832-2001)
CompositionPaper
Size205 × 125 mm
ShapeRectangular
PrinterNational Bank of Belgium Printing Works, Brussels, Belgium (1851-2020)
No. printed
Designer(s)Henri Hendrickx
Engraver(s)Charles Wullschleger
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Reference(s) P#56
Obverse descriptionBlue on pink underprint. Standing man at left (Allegory of Science) and woman at right (Allegory of Arts). Number and value text in black color.
Reverse descriptionBlue. Two allegorical figures (Allegories of Science and Arts) at both sides; lion at bottom center.
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Obverse letteringBANQUE NATIONALE Bruxelles, le 23 Septembre 1873. 500 500 CINQ CENT FRANCS PAYABLE À VUE LA LOI PUNIT LE CONTREFACTEUR DES TRAVAUX FORCÉS.
(Translation: National Bank Brussels, September 23th., 1873. Five Hundred Francs Payable on sight The law punishes the counterfeitor forced labor.)
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Catalog ID7633204380
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