500 Francs

€1.00
IssuerBelgium
Year1851
TypeStandard circulation banknote
Value500 Francs (500 BEF)
CurrencyFranc (1832-2001)
CompositionPaper
Size150 × 100 mm
ShapeRectangular
PrinterNational Bank of Belgium Printing Works, Brussels, Belgium (1851-2020)
No. printed
Designer(s)Léopold Wiener
Engraver(s)
In circulation to1853
Reference(s) P#48
Obverse descriptionBlack print. Allegorical figures at left (Minerva) and at right (Mercury); cherubs at four corners; Royal Arms at bottom center.
Reverse descriptionMirrored obverse print. Angles in dark-blue print; two rounded stamps at sides (reed and black).
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Obverse letteringLOI DU 5 MAI 1850 500 ROYALME DE BELGIQUE 500 BANQUE NATIONALE A Vue il sera payé au Porteur CINQ CENTS FRANCS Bruxelles, le 2 Janvier 1851
(Translation: Law of May 5, 1850 Kingdom of Belgium National Bank At sight it will be paid to the bearer Five Hundred Francs Brussels, January 2nd., 1851)
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Catalog ID7909873730
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