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1000 Francs
| Issuer | Banque Nationale de Belgique |
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| Year | 1919 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse description | Large intaglio vignette with Neptune seated at left holding a trident and Salacia at right, both rendered in a classical allegorical style flanking a central oval guilloche panel bearing the denomination "MILLE FRANCS" and date. The heading "BANQUE NATIONALE" appears at top centre, with the text "PAYABLES A VUE" and spaces for the Treasurer and Governor signatures below the denomination. Serial number and series letters appear in the lower corners. |
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| Obverse lettering | BANQUE NATIONALE MILLE FRANCS Bruxelles, le 2 Février 1919. PAYABLES A VUE. Le Trésorier, Le Gouverneur, H. HENDRICKX DEL. INV. PANNEMAKER-DOMS SC. (Translation: National Bank One Thousand Francs Payable on sight) |
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Issued in the immediate aftermath of occupation and wartime currency chaos, this note belongs to the first major postwar reissue cycle from the Banque Nationale. Belgium emerged from the war with a badly distorted money supply — German-imposed marks, occupation francs, and suppressed Belgian issues had all circulated simultaneously, and restoring confidence in the national currency required physically new, recognizable paper at the highest denominations first.
Both the designer and engraver were Belgian, which was not automatically guaranteed in this period — the prewar relationship with foreign security printers like Waterlow remained an option. That this was produced domestically in Brussels signals a deliberate postwar preference for national production capacity.