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20 Francs - Albert I
| Issuer | Nationale Bank van België / Banque Nationale de Belgique |
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| Year | 1921-1926 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse description | Conjoined portrait of King Albert I and Queen Elisabeth at left within an ornate guilloche border, with a large circular watermark zone to the left. The denomination '20' and 'TWINTIG FRANK' appear in the centre, with the inscription 'BETAALBAAR OP ZICHT' below; a detailed vignette of a Belgian city square with large Gothic and classical buildings fills the right portion of the note. |
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| Obverse lettering | NATIONALE BANK VAN BELGIE 20 TWINTIG FRANK BETAALBAAR OP ZICHT |
| Reverse description | Central vignette of a busy Belgian city square, likely the Grand-Place in Brussels, with imposing Gothic and baroque civic buildings rendered in fine intaglio line engraving. Elaborate scrollwork and guilloche panels frame the design on all sides, with the denomination numeral '20' repeated in the upper corners. |
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