Green on multicolor underprint. Portrait of Guido Gezelle at left; tree and stained glass window on background.
Reverse description
Green and multicolor. Dragonfly and leaf at center.
Signature(s)
Protection type
Watermark
Protection description
Portrait of King Baudouin I.
Obverse lettering
5000
NATIONALE BANK VAN BELGIE
DIE NAMAKER WORDT MET DWANGARBEID GESTRAFT (ART. 173 VAN HET
STRAFWETBOEKI)
VIJFDUIZEND FRANK
GUIDO GEZELLE 1830-1899
5000
H. DECUYPER SC.
Y. ADAM - M. HÜRRIG INV (Translation: National Bank of Belgium The counterfeiter will be punished with forced labor (art. 173 of the criminal code). Five Thousand Francs)
Reverse lettering
BANQUE NATIONALE DE BELGIQUE
5000
CINQ MILLE FRANCS
LE CONTREFACTEUR EST PUNI DES TRAVAUX FORCES (ART. 173 DU CODE
PENAL)
C. LECLERCQZ SC.
M. PASTERNAK INV. (Translation: National Bank of Belgium Five Thousand Francs The counterfeiter will be punished with forced labor (art. 173 of the criminal code).)