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20 Francs Comptes courants
| Issuer | Banque Nationale de Belgique |
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| Year | 1914 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse description | Brown on pale ground. A finely engraved oval vignette at left centre presents a bust-length portrait of a uniformed military figure facing three-quarters right. The bank title BANQUE NATIONALE DE BELGIQUE arches across the upper field, with the subsidiary legend (COMPTES COURANTS) below it, flanked by interlaced BB monograms at the upper-left and lower-left corners. The large denomination numeral 20 is set to the right, framed by the word FRANCS on each side and the inscription PAYABLES A VUE beneath; the date appears in a small cartouche at the top centre, and two manuscript signatures for Le Trésorier and Le Gouverneur occupy the lower right, above the anti-counterfeiting warning along the bottom edge. |
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| Reverse description | Printed in grey-brown on a plain ground, the reverse carries the Dutch-language bank title NATIONALE BANK VAN BELGIË in bold lettering across the upper portion, with REKENINGEN COURANT immediately below. A large central guilloche rosette of elongated lobed form incorporates the numeral 20 within an inner circle above the word FRANK, with TWINTIG repeated within the decorative lobes on each side. The inscription BETAALBAAR OP ZICHT is set below the central vignette, and the Dutch anti-counterfeiting warning runs along the bottom margin. An ornate foliate guilloche border frames the entire design. |
| Reverse lettering | Nationale Bank van België Rekeningen Courant 20 FRANK TWINTIG Betaalbaar op zicht DE NAMAKER WORDT DOOR DE WET MET DWANGARBEID GESTRAFT |
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