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20 Francs 'Moise Tshombé'
| Issuer | Banque Nationale du Katanga |
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| Year | 1960 |
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| Value | 20 Francs |
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| Obverse description | Portrait of President Moïse Tshombé within a circular guilloche vignette at right, printed in teal and brown on a teal guilloche underprint. The bank title BANQUE NATIONALE DU KATANGA is printed in large brown letterpress at upper left, with the place and date ELISABETHVILLE 21.11.60 above. A denomination panel with the numeral 20 enclosed in a brown and white guilloche cartouche appears at centre-left, flanked by a fine wavy-line underprint; the serial number and a single manuscript signature appear below. |
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| Reverse description | An intaglio vignette at left presents the Assemblée Nationale building (Bâtiment du 30 Juin) in Elisabethville (present-day Lubumbashi), rendered in brown within an oval guilloche frame set against a teal lathe-work underprint. To the right, a denomination cartouche bearing the numeral 20 is enclosed within a fine guilloche border, with the bank title BANQUE NATIONALE DU KATANGA in brown letterpress at upper right and the payable clause and a manuscript signature below. |
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| Signature(s) | Signature 1 |
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