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1 Franc
| Issuer | Banque du Congo Belge |
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| Year | 1914-1920 |
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| Printer | Waterlow & Sons Limited, United Kingdom (1810-1961) |
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| Obverse description | Left half dominated by an intaglio vignette of a seated allegorical female figure holding a sheaf of grain, with a cartwheel at her side, rendered in dark green-black engraving. The right field, printed in red-orange, carries the bank title in bold ornate lettering across the top, with the denomination UN FRANC in a framed panel below, the payable city MATADI in large capitals, two manuscript signatures above a six-digit serial number, and the statutory counterfeit warning at foot. Guilloche lacework borders frame all four sides, with numeral 1 cornerpieces, and the printer's imprint WATERLOW & SONS Ld LONDRES appears at the bottom centre. |
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| Reverse description | Entirely printed in red-orange, the reverse is composed of intricate guilloche lacework filling the entire field, with a central rectangular panel bearing the Dutch bank title BANK VAN BELGISCH CONGO in large bold letters, the denomination EEN FRANK in a subsidiary frame, and the payable place MATADI in a cartouche below. A smaller legend warns against counterfeiting in Dutch. The printer's imprint WATERLOW & SONS LIMITED LONDRES runs along the lower margin. |
| Reverse lettering | BANK VAN BELGISCH CONGO / EEN FRANK / BETAALBAAR OP ZICHT TE / MATADI / DE NAMAKER WORDT DOOR DE WET MET DWANGARBEID GESTRAFT / WATERLOW & SONS LIMITED LONDRES |
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